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The mezzo-soprano voice (unlike the soprano voice) is strong in the middle register and weaker in the head register, resulting in a deeper tone than the soprano voice. [2] The term mezzo-soprano was developed in relation to classical and operatic voices, where the classification is based not merely on the singer's vocal range but also on the ...
From the Diary of Virginia Woolf is an eight-part song cycle written by Dominick Argento in 1974 for the English mezzo-soprano Janet Baker. [1] The work won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975. The text of the songs comes from A Writer's Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf, which was published in 1954. [2] (The five-volume ...
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 is a song cycle by Sir Edward Elgar consisting of five songs written by various poets. It was set for contralto and orchestra, though a distinct version for piano was often performed by Elgar. Many mezzo-sopranos have sung the piece. The songs are: [1] "Sea Slumber Song" by Roden Noel (approximately 4 minutes)
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English mezzo-soprano United Kingdom: 1954-12-22 Fleetwood: Q6171442: Karla Burns: American singer and actress United States of America: 1954-12-24 2021-06-04 Wichita: Wichita: Q6372427: Anne-Marie Owens: English mezzo-soprano 1955 South Shields: Q31922791: Anne Sofie von Otter: Swedish mezzo-soprano (born 1955) Sweden: 1955-05-09 Stockholm ...
One Sweet Morning is a four-movement song cycle for mezzo-soprano solo and orchestra by the American composer John Corigliano.The work was jointly commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
In 2003 he composed a first cycle of songs based on late poems by Friedrich Hölderlin. In 2016, he set nursery rhymes, excerpts from James Joyce, and texts by Shakespeare. In 2017, he wrote settings of poems by Irish female writers, and in 2022 a cycle of Buddhist texts for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano.
The eighteen songs on the first version of the album were digitally recorded on 16–18 December 1981 and on 8 June 1982 in the Salle Wagram, Paris. [1] The nineteenth song that was added to the second version of the album was recorded using analogue technology on 12–15 June 1980 in the Halle-aux-Grains, Toulouse.