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The Labyrinth of Love Song cycle for Mezzo-soprano and Piano
RSN:
69188
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Composition Date:
2011
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
Not Provided
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MV 1101 H747lab
Genre
Solo Voice with Keyboard
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2014-10-22
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
Movements
1. Strange Labyrinth 2. To Her Friend Lucasia 3. Upon the Death of her Son 4. Fidelity 5. A Farewell to her Husband 6. Love's Brave Court
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Additional Information
For Jean Stilwell, in memory of her mother, Margaret.
Master Location
Toronto
Language
English
First line of Text
In this strange labyrinth how shall I turn?
,
I did not live until this time Crown'd my felicity
,
Twice forty months of Wedlock I did stay
,
Dear, if you change, I'll never choose again
,
When from the world I shall be tane
,
Love is true virtue and his ends delight
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 score (31 p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 2 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
48894
Keyboard
Piano
1
48894
Voices
Mezzo Soprano
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
The Labyrinth of Love
The authors of all the poems set to music in this song cycle are with the probable exception of the fourth, women. The title of the cycle is taken from the first song, and refers to Ariadne's thread, which led Theseus from the Minotaur's lair. The second song is a passionate declaration of affection for a friend, while the third is a moving lament by a young wife upon the death of her infant son. In the fourth, the poet declares that the whole order of nature will have to be reversed before faithfulness will waver; while the fifth poem is the farewell of a dying wife to her husband, beseeching him not to mourn her passing. The last song is a setting of further lines from the same source as the first, and is dedicated to Love which is "true virtue and his ends, delight".
-Derek Holman
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