Dramatic arias
for | Voice (soprano), orchestra |
Musical Editions | Study score |
Item no. | 901055 |
Author / Composer | Berthold Goldschmidt |
Language | french |
Scope | 36 pages; 18.5 × 26 cm |
Publisher / Producer | Boosey & Hawkes |
Producer No. | BH6501424 |
ISMN | 9790060108242 |
These two settings of French texts for soprano and orchestra were Goldschmidt final compositions. The first, Judith by Pierre le Moyne (1602-71), describes the Jewish woman who wreaks vengeance on her Assyrian captor Holofernes by creeping into his tent at night and cutting off his head with a sword. The second, Rondel, sets a poem by Tristan Corbiere (1845-75), a highly unconventional writer who spent his life in complete obscurity in Brittany and was posthumously discovered by Verlaine. Together, these ‘dramatic arias’ form a moving and fitting close to Goldschmidt’s compositional career with an economy of expression, line and gesture characteristic of his late style. Eacharia may be performed separately if desired.