VWV 11 · Solo Vocal · 2024 ·
Elegy for a Silent Bell
Dramatic Aria
- Catalogue
- VWV 11
- Form
- Dramatic Aria
- Scoring
- Baritone & piano
- Composed
- 2024
- Duration
- 7:25
A funeral aria of cathedral scale, written for a bell that will never ring again. Voss lets each phrase decay into silence before the next begins, his lower register tolling beneath a slow procession of strings.
From Art Songs & Arias · NV-003
Performance materials +
- Forces
- Baritone & piano
- Tessitura
- Baritone (G2–F4); soprano (C4–B5) where indicated
- Materials
- Voice & piano score
- Availability
- On sale · Voss Editions
- Grade
- Intermediate–Advanced — recital
- ISMN
- 979-0-706011-077-3
