Composition Year | 25/july/2004 |
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Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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Work Title | Tears |
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Composer | Himpe, Stefaan |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ISH 1 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 25/july/2004 |
First Publication. | 2004 |
Librettist | Lyn Toll |
Language | English |
Dedication | To K. en L. |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
Piece Style | Modern |
Instrumentation | Piano+Voice |
While surfing the internet I came across a web page of Lyn Toll featuring some poems she has written. One of poems ("Tears") triggered a melody in my head eventually leading to this piece. The music features some Irish Folk influences.
The poem was used with permission of the author.
The music is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 license.
To get an idea of how the music sounds, visit my Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/StefaanHimpe.
Poem was written on november 22, 1994.