Baird: Four Love Sonnets
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Shipping Policy- Composer: Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981)
- Format: Full Score
- Instrumentation: Orchestra, Baritone
- Work: Four Love Sonnets (1956)
- Work Language: Polish
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- Size: 8.3 x 11.4 inches
- Pages: 52
Description
Well-known for his literary predilections, Baird liked to draw on poetry from all eras, whether early or the most recent, looking in it for topics close to man, such as love or death. in composing music to Shakespeares ''Romeo and Juliet'', for a production directed by Lidia Zamkow in 1956, this contemporary lyric composer utilised the masterly love poetry of the greatest poet and playwright of all times, i.e. ''The Sonnets'' (translated by Maciej Somczyski). He chose four of the 154 poems, and arranged them into a cycle of love songs, love, although changeable and transient - like the seasons of the year - making human life meaningful.
Each of the songs has a different character: the first - serene, the second - humorous, the third - nostalgic, the fourth - full of sorrow and grief. ''Four Love Sonnets'' is a stylisation which is perfect in every respect. in setting artistic and beautiful poetry to music, the composer attached great importance to a pure, clear musical image characterised by a distinct and noble melodic line, simple instrumentation, and discreetly ornamented classical harmonies. The changes of mood are emphasised by different Major-Minor modes, such refinements being enhanced by changes of metre, cadential figures, trills and ornaments, or witty dissonances (in the second song).
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Baird: Four Love Sonnets
