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Sheet Music: ScoreDrowning songs : for chamber choir / Caitlin Rowley.by Caitlin Rowley (2014)
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Drowning Songs is an evocation of the experience of drowning and a remembrance of those who have drowned. The text consists of a fragment of the psalm 'De Profundis', the names of the some of the seamen listed as drowned in circumstances other than shipwreck in the British Merchant Navy records for the period between July 1881 and June 1882, and additional text devised by the composer.
The opening of the piece draws on a description of bodies sinking down through deep water, "falling like dolls", given in the book All the Drowned Sailors by Raymond B. Lech. Depth and the action of the waves are recurring ideas throughout the piece, with the recurrence of the opening gesture and the susurration of whispered and spoken names of sailors rising and falling.
Composed for a performance of maritime-themed works to be held under the keel of the Cutty Sark ship at Greenwich, London in 2014.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (16p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Independent movement within parts, spoken sections
Duration: 6 min.
Commissioned by Trinity Laban Chamber Choir.
First performance by Trinity Laban Chamber Choir, Stephen Jackson — 20 Mar 14. Cutty Sark, Royal Museums Greenwich, UK
Includes programme note and performance notes.
The opening of the piece was initially developed as an artwork, which is included in the score.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-720165-98-1
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