A NORTHEAST STORM

A NORTHEAST STORM
Song for Soprano and Piano
on a Letter of Emily Dickinson

Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company

Catalog Number
8565

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Description
The text of A NORTHEAST STORM is taken from a letter written in early 1851 by Emily Dickinson to her brother, William Austin Dickinson, who was away from home at the time. Her letter describes the family’s activities in their drawing room at their home in Amherst, Massachusetts, and their feelings one night as a storm raged outside their windows, while Emily’s sister entertained the family at the piano. The letter ends comically, as Emily declares that she will start crying if her sister doesn’t stop singing.

Text
Excerpts from a letter written in early 1851 by Emily Dickinson to her brother, William Austin Dickinson

Vocal Range
B-flat 3  :  C-sharp 6

Duration
3′ 00″

Vocal Tessitura
G 4  :  E 5

Commission
Lyric Fest
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

First Performance
April 2, 2016
Lyric Fest Series
Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania

Year of Composition
2015

First Performers
Kelly Ann Bixby, soprano
Laura Ward, piano