THE POET’S CALENDAR

THE POET’S CALENDAR
12 Songs for Tenor and Piano
on Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company

Catalog Number
8579

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Description
THE POET’S CALENDAR is a musical setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s set of 12 poems of the same name, in which each song describes a month of the calendar year. Longfellow invokes vivid imagery from nature and human activity during various times of the year, and makes plentiful use of Greek and Roman mythology as well. These magical poems illuminate the distinctive colors, feelings, and unique qualities of each month, and celebrate the gloriously abundant variety to be enjoyed as we journey through the seasons.

Text
1 – January
2 – February
3 – March
4 – April
5 – May
6 – June
7 – July
8 – August
9 – September
10 – October
11 – November
12 – December

Vocal Range
C 4  :  B-flat 5

Duration
24′ 00″

Vocal Tessitura
E 4  :  E 5

Year of Composition
1999

First Performance
May 16, 2000
Eno Memorial Hall
Simsbury, Connecticut

First Performers
Christopher Walker, tenor
Juliana Hall, piano

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Christopher Walker, tenor
Juliana Hall, piano