An den Mond / Moon (2012)
Gefangen im Raumschiff meiner schwankende gefühle / Imprisoned in the spaceship
Schronen, Alwin Michael (born in 1965) [ Germany ]
Edition
Published by
Schott Music GmbH & Co.
[Germany]
, 2013
Text in:
German — Ref. : C 55499 (6 p.) , "Schott Chormusik"
Text in:
English — Ref. : C 55504 (4 p.) , "Schott Chormusik"
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Epoque:
21st century
(2011-2020)
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Choir
Mood of the piece:
calm
Type of Choir:
SSSAA (5 women voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
F major
Duration:
4.5 min.
Data about the life of the work:
This musical setting of a German poem by an unknown poet (English translation by Linda Godry) has won second prize at the prestigious composition competition of the ChorVerband NRW in 2012
Comment(s):
In a mostly syllabic setting, the composer takes up the images of the poem and expresses them through musical means. As a result, the listener hears the dense and deeply felt devotion of the singing self to the one opposite to him, the " unattainable " mo
Keywords:
spaceship ; space ; freedom ; moon ; a cappella
Pronunciation
