| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 (Andante, ma non troppo lento) |
|---|---|
| Composition Year | 1877-12 |
| Genre Categories | Secular choruses; Choruses; For male chorus; |
| Work Title | Adrift |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | "Part-song" for TTBB. |
| Composer | Florio, Caryl |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | ICF 1 |
| Key | A-flat major |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 (Andante, ma non troppo lento) |
| Text Incipit | Drift, let it drift; the cords are snapped that curbed it |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1877-12 |
| First Publication. | 1878 – New York: Martens Brothers |
| Librettist | J.S.D. |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | TTBB chorus a capella |
From a poem by J.S.D.? in the November 3, 1877 "Spectator".
Actually, the choral lines seem to require yet further subdivision in places even on the first page- unless the vocalists can hold fifth chords etc., this suggests we're actually talking 4T4B chorus
Called a part-song though sold in score (and the scan at the LoC is of the score). Since a part-song is a song that is sold in parts- generally without conductor's score, for economy, this seems a contradiction in terms, or else some sort of expansion of language, in which case part-song in 1878 meant- what? (Though maybe not expansion, but rather, distinction between American and English uses. Am going by English use - from a discussion of the meaning of the word part-song, as against chorus songs, in Elgar's time a generation later, specifically.)- Schissel
