Hermit Songs, Op. 29

E325112

song cycle

Hermit Songs, Op. 29 is a song cycle by American composer Samuel Barber, setting anonymous medieval Irish texts for voice and piano.

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Label	Occurrences
Hermit Songs, Op. 29 canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song cycle ⓘ
accompaniment	piano ⓘ
basedOn	medieval Irish monastic poems ⓘ
catalogueNumber	Barber Op. 29 ⓘ
composer	Samuel Barber ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfComposition	1953 ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Leontyne Price ⓘ
firstRecordingAccompanist	Samuel Barber ⓘ
firstRecordingArtist	Leontyne Price ⓘ
genre	art song ⓘ classical vocal music ⓘ
hasPart	St. Patrick's Purgatory ⓘ surface form: At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory Church Bell at Night ⓘ Promiscuity ⓘ Sea-Snatch ⓘ St. Ita’s Vision ⓘ The Crucifixion ⓘ The Desire for Hermitage ⓘ The Heavenly Banquet ⓘ The Monk and His Cat ⓘ The Praises of God ⓘ
inspiredBy	Irish monastic hermit tradition ⓘ
languageOfTexts	English (translated) ⓘ Irish (medieval) ⓘ
notableSong	St. Ita’s Vision ⓘ The Desire for Hermitage ⓘ The Monk and His Cat ⓘ
numberOfSongs	10 ⓘ
opusNumber	Op. 29 ⓘ
performancePractice	often performed as a complete cycle ⓘ
period	20th-century classical music ⓘ
placeOfPremiere	New York City ⓘ
premiereAccompanist	Samuel Barber ⓘ
premierePerformer	Leontyne Price ⓘ
publisher	G. Schirmer ⓘ
scoring	voice and piano ⓘ
style	neo-Romantic ⓘ
subjectMatter	monastic life ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
textAuthor	anonymous medieval Irish poets ⓘ
typicalDuration	about 22 minutes ⓘ
voiceType	high voice ⓘ medium voice ⓘ
yearOfPremiere	1953 ⓘ

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