Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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First Publication | 1883 – Philadelphia: J.E. Ditson & Co. |
Genre Categories | Duets; For 2 voices, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
Work Title | The Birdie and The Violet |
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Alternative. Title | Duett. |
Composer | Geibel, Adam |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IAG 5 |
Key | B-flat major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
Text Incipit | Tell me pretty Violet, why you like to stay |
First Publication. | 1883 – Philadelphia: J.E. Ditson & Co. |
Librettist | Lizzie G. Vickers (fl.1883–fl.1896?) |
Language | English |
Dedication | Master George M. Vickers |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Voices (Soprano and mezzo?), piano |
May have been meant originally for Lizzie and George Vickers to sing. Their parts are given as "Birdie" and "Violet". (No- George was a composer and lyricist, but not credited with performance that I can see...)
Hrm... range of Birdie is D (note above middle C) to F' (octave plus minor third higher). Range of Violet goes down to Bflat just below middle C but goes as high as Birdie in the unison passage toward the end which goes as high as that F (unless it is meant to be sung an octave lower implicitly?). So maybe soprano and mezzo-soprano??... don't know.