Dover Beach, Op. 3
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Dover Beach, Op. 3 is an early chamber-vocal work by American composer Samuel Barber, written for baritone and string quartet and based on Matthew Arnold’s poem "Dover Beach."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dover Beach | 1 |
| Dover Beach, Op. 3 canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art song
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chamber-vocal work ⓘ composition ⓘ |
| associatedWithComposer | Samuel Barber ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dover Beach
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surface form:
the poem "Dover Beach"
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| belongsToRepertoire |
20th-century art song repertoire
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American art song repertoire ⓘ |
| composer | Samuel Barber ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
song with string quartet
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vocal chamber music ⓘ |
| hasCatalogDesignation | Op. 3 ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentalEnsemble | string quartet ⓘ |
| hasMovementCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Dover Beach, Op. 3
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dover Beach
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| hasVocalPart | solo baritone ⓘ |
| isEarlyWorkOf | Samuel Barber ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySourceAuthor | Matthew Arnold ⓘ |
| literarySourceTitle | Dover Beach ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Samuel Barber’s mature style
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setting of a major Victorian poem ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 3 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | baritone and string quartet ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
baritone
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cello ⓘ string quartet ⓘ two violins ⓘ viola ⓘ |
| style |
lyric
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tonal ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
human suffering
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loss of religious certainty ⓘ melancholy reflection on faith and modernity ⓘ sea imagery ⓘ |
| textBy | Matthew Arnold ⓘ |
| textSource |
Dover Beach
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surface form:
"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
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| typicalPerformanceContext |
chamber music concert
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recital ⓘ |
| usesEnsembleType | string quartet ⓘ |
| usesPoeticForm | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| vocalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| voiceType | baritone ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dover Beach