Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement |
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Composition Year | 2024 |
Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
Contents |
Flute and Soprano Recording
*#943941 - 8.56MB - 6:38 - -) ( - !N/!N/!N - 10×⇩ - MP3 - Davide Verotta
MP3 file (audio)
Davide Verotta (2024/11/30)
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Soprano and Flute Version
*#943937 - 1.15MB, 8 pp. - -) (- !N/!N/!N - 24×⇩ - Davide Verotta
PDF typeset by Davide Verotta
Davide Verotta (2024/11/30)
Soprano and Piano Version
*#943938 - 1.27MB, 10 pp. - -) (- !N/!N/!N - 8×⇩ - Davide Verotta
PDF typeset by Davide Verotta
Davide Verotta (2024/11/30)
Tenor and Clarinet Bb Version
*#943939 - 1.15MB, 8 pp. - -) (- !N/!N/!N - 4×⇩ - Davide Verotta
PDF typeset by Davide Verotta
Davide Verotta (2024/11/30)
Tenor and Piano Version
*#943940 - 1.27MB, 10 pp. - -) (- !N/!N/!N - 6×⇩ - Davide Verotta
PDF typeset by Davide Verotta
Davide Verotta (2024/11/30)
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Work Title | If I Must Die Let It Be a Tale |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Verotta, Davide |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | O.119 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IDV 72 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2024 |
First Performance. | 2024/11/23 |
First Publication. | 2024 |
Librettist | Refaat Alareer |
Language | English |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 6.5 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
Piece Style | Modern |
Instrumentation | soprano and flute; soprano and piano; tenor and clarinet; tenor and piano |
If I Must Die, Let It Be a Tale is a poem by Refaat Alareer. Alareer was born in Gaza City in 1979. A graduate from University College Landon, and University Putra Malaysia, with a dissertation on John Donne, he taught literature and creative writing at the Islamic University of Gaza. Just weeks after he wrote this poem, on December 6, 2023, Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza, along with his brother, sister, and four of his nephews, during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. Because of the fate that befell his author, this is probably one of the saddest poems ever written. Somehow it manages to deliver a message of hope, and this is my small homage to the writer.