Aaron Copland initially did not plan for his Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson to be a song cycle, intending each song to be complete on its own.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Claude Debussy's Trois Chansons de Bilitis are settings of erotic poems by his friend Pierre Louÿs, which Louÿs claimed were ancient Sapphic texts but were his own inventions.
Composer Biography
Ernest Chausson, a French composer, came from an affluent family and initially pursued a career in law before dedicating himself to music.
Composition History
Chausson's Poème de l'amour et de la mer was over a decade in the making, composed between 1882 and 1890, and revised in 1893.
Composition History
Errollyn Wallen's song cycle Night Thoughts was commissioned by Leeds Lieder for Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton, and its inspiration came from a painting by artist Howard Hodgkin.
Performer Biography
Dame Sarah Connolly, a mezzo-soprano, was made a DBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours and received the 2023 King's Medal for Music for her outstanding contributions.
Composition History
Samuel Barber composed his Three Songs, Op. 10, while studying at the American Academy in Rome, setting poems from James Joyce's 1907 collection Chamber Music.
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