VWV 67 · Duet · 2026 ·
The Bell-Founder's Daughter
Dramatic Cantata — with Isabella Laurent
- Catalogue
- VWV 67
- Form
- Dramatic Cantata
- Scoring
- Baritone, soprano & orchestra
- Composed
- 2026
- Duration
- 6:05
A two-voice dramatic cantata on the legend of the bell-founder and his daughter, who casts herself into the molten bronze so the great bell will finally ring true. His horror and her resolve mount against each other before her sacrifice transfigures the music into a single tolling peal.
From The Laurent Duets · NV-009
Performance materials +
- Forces
- Baritone, soprano & orchestra
- Tessitura
- Baritone solo (G2–F4)
- Materials
- Full score, Study score, Set of orchestral parts
- Availability
- On hire · Voss Editions
- Grade
- Advanced — professional ensemble
- ISMN
- 979-0-706067-469-5
