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Composed by David Conte. Advanced/Collegiate. Secular, 21st Century, Americana, Creation/Nature, Evening. Octavo. 16 pages. Duration 5 minutes, 42 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8321-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8321-E).
UPC: 600313483219. English.
"The three unaccompanied choral pieces that comprise A Whitman Triptych were composed between 2012 and 2014. O Setting Sun was commissioned by the Madison Chamber Choir, Madison, Wisconsin, Anthony Cao, conductor, and received its premiere performance on April 20, 2012. What Is the Grass? was commissioned by Cappella SF, Ragnar Bohlin, conductor, and was premiered on February 6, 2015. Facing West was commissioned in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge by the International Orange Chorale, Zane Fiala, conductor, and received its premiere performance on May 27, 2012.
I first set Whitman to music in 1986 when I adapted part of When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed as the basis for my composition Invocation and Dance (Catalog No. 4378). I went on to set Good-Bye, My Fancy for male chorus and soprano saxophone in 1992 (Catalog No. 4765). Like so many composers, I have found the visionary quality of Whitman’s verse inspiring; the vigor and intensity of the poetry seem naturally to draw out music.
O Setting Sun is based on a text adapted from Walt Whitman’s much longer poem Song at Sunset. The poem, often described as a 'paean,' or a song of enthusiastic praise, was first published in 1860 as Chants Democratic No. 8, and received its present title in 1867. In Whitman’s manuscript, two words were written in the margins: 'finale' and 'religious.' I believe these are clues to the generally reverent and exalted tone of all of Whitman’s poetry.
O Setting Sun for baritone solo and SATB chorus unaccompanied is cast in a loose rondo form. The opening musical gesture of stacked imitative entries on the words 'O Setting Sun' (and later 'We Sing') is repeated several times, with episodic passages separating them. The baritone soloist acts as narrator, singing noble recitatives praising the sun and the hour of its setting, supported by commentaries in the chorus. A central section ('How the earth darts on and on!') is fast and rhythmic with many changing time signatures. After a return of the baritone soloist, the final section’s music is both serene and reverent, as 'Nature continues, glory continues; O setting sun!'" -David Conte Duration: 5:42
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Composed by David Conte. Advanced/Collegiate. Secular, 21st Century, Americana, Creation/Nature, Evening. Octavo. 16 pages. Duration 5 minutes, 42 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8321-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8321-E).
UPC: 600313483219. English.
"The three unaccompanied choral pieces that comprise A Whitman Triptych were composed between 2012 and 2014. O Setting Sun was commissioned by the Madison Chamber Choir, Madison, Wisconsin, Anthony Cao, conductor, and received its premiere performance on April 20, 2012. What Is the Grass? was commissioned by Cappella SF, Ragnar Bohlin, conductor, and was premiered on February 6, 2015. Facing West was commissioned in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge by the International Orange Chorale, Zane Fiala, conductor, and received its premiere performance on May 27, 2012.
I first set Whitman to music in 1986 when I adapted part of When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed as the basis for my composition Invocation and Dance (Catalog No. 4378). I went on to set Good-Bye, My Fancy for male chorus and soprano saxophone in 1992 (Catalog No. 4765). Like so many composers, I have found the visionary quality of Whitman’s verse inspiring; the vigor and intensity of the poetry seem naturally to draw out music.
O Setting Sun is based on a text adapted from Walt Whitman’s much longer poem Song at Sunset. The poem, often described as a 'paean,' or a song of enthusiastic praise, was first published in 1860 as Chants Democratic No. 8, and received its present title in 1867. In Whitman’s manuscript, two words were written in the margins: 'finale' and 'religious.' I believe these are clues to the generally reverent and exalted tone of all of Whitman’s poetry.
O Setting Sun for baritone solo and SATB chorus unaccompanied is cast in a loose rondo form. The opening musical gesture of stacked imitative entries on the words 'O Setting Sun' (and later 'We Sing') is repeated several times, with episodic passages separating them. The baritone soloist acts as narrator, singing noble recitatives praising the sun and the hour of its setting, supported by commentaries in the chorus. A central section ('How the earth darts on and on!') is fast and rhythmic with many changing time signatures. After a return of the baritone soloist, the final section’s music is both serene and reverent, as 'Nature continues, glory continues; O setting sun!'" -David Conte Duration: 5:42
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
Preview: A Whitman Triptych: I. O Setting Sun (Downloadable)
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