A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
7 Songs for Soprano and Piano
on Entries from “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank

Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company

Catalog Number
8583

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Description
The title of A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN comes from an entry in “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank, reflecting the sense she felt of her world being upturned when suddenly the threat of the Nazi regime touched her family during World War II. The song cycle seeks to bring to life through music the frightening emotions and the sense of terror that Anne and her family felt as they tried to survive persecution amid the most dangerous of circumstances, as well as her enduring hope and optimism as she imagined life after war and a future career as a writer.

Text
1 – Birthday
2 – Hiding
3 – Food Cycles
4 – Footsteps
5 – Chains
6 – Writer
7 – Patch of Blue Sky

Vocal Range
A 3  :  A 5

Duration
24′ 00″

Vocal Tessitura
G 4  :  D 5

Year of Composition
2016

First Performance
March 10, 2017
Song Collaborators Consortium
Art Song Festival
West Texas A&M University
Amarillo, Texas

First Performers
Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, soprano
Lisa Sylvester, piano

Listen
Cristina María Castro, soprano
Howard Watkins, piano