{"product_id":"shatin-patterns-aca","title":"Shatin: Patterns","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/ja\/collections\/judith-shatin\"\u003eJudith Shatin (1949-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano, Soprano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Patterns (2019)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork language\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-language\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790307302488\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatterns\u003c\/em\u003e,\na monodrama for soprano and piano, is a setting of the poem of that name by Bostonian Amy Lowell (1874–1925). Lowell broke many of the patterns imposed upon her by society. Although she was not allowed to attend college, she lived her life on her own terms and became a highly regarded poet and author. I have been drawn to her poetry for a long time, and\n\u003cem\u003ePatterns\u003c\/em\u003e\nseemed especially apt when opera singer Amy Johnson and I discussed texts. The societal patterns the narrator rails against range from the garments that imprison her body to the \"… pattern called a war…\" that catches her fiancé in its maw. She plays wondrously with patterns in the poem, at times with dazzling internal rhymes (\"… daffodils\/bright blue squills\"). But she also breaks patterns. She shifts line lengths and inserts unexpected repetitions and line breaks. with all this local brilliance she creates a powerful arc that I reflect in my setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatterns\u003c\/em\u003e\nbegins with the actor walking in her blossoming garden, where she complains of being corseted in stiff brocade. She goes on to describe her soft body beneath as she dreams of a meeting with her lover. Alas, it is not to be, and she explodes with anguish over his death and cries out against the pattern that is war. in this arc, Lowell nonetheless celebrates the cycles of nature, from flowers in full bloom, to the asters of fall, to snow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46809710886991,"sku":"ACA-SHAJ-052","price":34.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/2dd5e21dee0982c572803adcf3fa842a.webp?v=1789764497","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/ja\/products\/shatin-patterns-aca","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}