BREDON HILL

BREDON HILL
Song for Tenor and Piano
on the Poem by A. E. Housman

Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company

Catalog Number
9145

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Description
Bredon Hill is a hill in Worcestershire, England, which features in the works of a multitude of composers, poets, writers and artists. The poem “Bredon Hill” by Englishman A. E. Housman was published as part of Housman’s famous 1896 anthology, “A Shropshire Lad.”

BREDON HILL was commissioned by Daniel Shirley as part of his New Voices From Shropshire project, for which Daniel commissioned American composers of diverse aesthetic and cultural backgrounds to set A.E. Housman poetry. Other commissioned composers include Michael Slayton, Mark Richardson, Melinda Wagner, Fahad Siadat, Kamala Sankaram, Matt Boehler, Mark Alan Taggart, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Edward Jacobs, Andre Myers, Tom Cipullo, Scott Gendel, and Melissa Shiflet.

Text
Bredon Hill

Vocal Range
D 4  :  A 5

Duration
7′ 00″

Vocal Tessitura
A 4  :  E 5

Commission
Daniel Shirley

First Performance
October 4, 2021
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Year of Composition
2020

First Performers
Daniel Shirley, tenor
Eric Stellrecht, piano

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Daniel Shirley, tenor
Eric Stellrecht, piano