Faye-Ellen Silverman
Wilde's World
Year: 2000
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;
Difficulty: High (professional)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble, solo voice(s) with solo instruments
Instruments: any high voice, any male voice, any string, any voice, guitar, tenor voice, viola
Publisher: Subito Music Corporation
Description: “Wilde’s World” is a setting of the text “To L.L.” by Oscar Wilde. In order to re-create his turn-of-the -century world, the instruments of viola and guitar have been chosen to accompany the tenor. Some of the word settings are melismatic, in keeping with the decorative approach to art of the late 19th century. The setting is mostly through-composed, but some music and text recurs, mirroring repetitions in the text, such as references to rain