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Thoughts on a still night
for SATB chorus and piano
RSN:
61990
|
Composition Date:
1984
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
Not Provided
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Programme Notes
Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MV 6101 H678tho
Genre
Choir (9 + Voices) with Keyboard
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2009-12-22
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 score (8 p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 2 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
33531
Choruses
Mixed Chorus
1
33531
Keyboard
Piano
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Thoughts on a Still Night is one of the most popular Chinese poems by the beloved Chinese poet Li Bai (701-762AD) of the Tang Dynasty. Like many others, I was taught to recite the poem at a very young age. Setting this beauty poetry to music naturally became my first goal when I started to compose many years ago. The piece itself is romantic and sentimental in style. The choral setting is lyrical and non melismatic. The vocal line stresses on the natural rhyme of the words such that it echos the simplicity and hyperbolic language of the poem. The piano accompaniment is impressionistic and at times elaborate. It serves as both the harmonic pillar and the backdrop that highlights the imaginative scenario of the poem. The theme depicts the wandering feeling of the poet at his time; in a contemporary sense, the music conveys certain nostalgia for those who travel and settle abroad.
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