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."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song
chamber-vocal work
composition
associatedWithComposer Samuel Barber
basedOn Dover Beach
surface form: the poem "Dover Beach"
belongsToRepertoire 20th-century art song repertoire
American art song repertoire
composer Samuel Barber
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre song with string quartet
vocal chamber music
hasCatalogDesignation Op. 3
hasInstrumentalEnsemble string quartet
hasMovementCount 1
hasTitle Dover Beach, Op. 3 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dover Beach
hasVocalPart solo baritone
isEarlyWorkOf Samuel Barber
language English
literarySourceAuthor Matthew Arnold
literarySourceTitle Dover Beach
notableFor early example of Samuel Barber’s mature style
setting of a major Victorian poem
opusNumber Op. 3
originalMedium baritone and string quartet
period 20th-century classical music
scoredFor baritone
cello
string quartet
two violins
viola
style lyric
tonal
subjectMatter human suffering
loss of religious certainty
melancholy reflection on faith and modernity
sea imagery
textBy Matthew Arnold
textSource Dover Beach
surface form: "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
typicalPerformanceContext chamber music concert
recital
usesEnsembleType string quartet
usesPoeticForm dramatic monologue
vocalLanguage English
voiceType baritone

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Samuel Barber notableWork Dover Beach, Op. 3
Dover Beach, Op. 3 hasTitle Dover Beach, Op. 3 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dover Beach