FROM THE DIARY OF SALLY HEMINGS. Eighteen Songs for Medium Voice and Piano
2012; Routledge; Volume: 68; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2769-4046
Autores Tópico(s)Musicology and Musical Analysis
Resumo(ProQuest: denotes formula omitted.) BOLCOM, WILLIAM (b. 1938). FROM THE DIARY OF SALLY HEMINGS. Eighteen Songs for Medium Voice and Piano. Text by Sandra Seaton. Edward B. Marks Music Company, 2001 (Hal Leonard). X, tonal, bitonal; B3-A#5; Tess: M-mH, CR; mostly regular meters with some changes; varied tempos; V/E-D, P/E-D; 67 pages. PART ONE I. They say was born old . X; D4-F5; Tess: M; 3/4, Moderate tempo; very even (... = 58); V/E, P/E; 2 pages. II. and Maria . X; C#4-F#5; Tess: M; 2/4, Lively, rhythmic ([sung] = 132); V/mD, P/M; 3 pages. III. White waves . X; C4-G5; Tess: M-mH; 3/4, Moderato (... = 54); V/D, P/mD-D; 6 pages. IV. c'est la ville vivante. X; B3-F#5; Tess: M; 2/2, Allegro amabile (... = 90); V/M, P/M; 5 pages. V. master brings music to his sitting room . X; C4-A#5; Tess: M; 2/4, 3/4, With suppressed agitation (... = 66); V/M, P/mD; 3 pages. VI. I was carrying a tray when he called me . Tonal; E4-F5; Tess: M; 4/4, 6/4, Calmo (... = 69); 1½ pages. PART TWO VII. They say was born old . Tonal; D4-G5; Tess: M; 3/2, 2/2, 3/4, Maestoso (... = 50); V/M, P/mD; 3½ pages. VIII. Come back to America. Tonal; C#4-F#5; Tess: M; 3/4, 2/4, .... = 56, with a swing; V/ mE, P/mE-M; 4 pages. IX. Back home at Monticello . Tonal; E[musical flat]4-F#5; Tess: mH; 3/4, Alla polacca (... = 104); V/M, P/M; 1½ pages. X. Purple Hyacinth begins to bloom. E-centered; D4-F#5; Tess: mH; 4/4, 3/4, Tenderly (... = 80); V/M, P/M; 3 pages. XI. My sister ghost . C-centered; C4-G5; Tess: M-mH; 3/2, 6/8, 9/8, 4/4, Rich and Warm (... = 46); V/M-mD, P/M; 5 pages. PART THREE XII. Peonies, a perfume box. Tonal; D4-G5; Tess: mH; 4/8, 3/4, Sparkling ([sung] = 112); V/ mD, P/mD-D; 3 pages. XIII. Mister, our child is frail. F-centered; C4-G[musical flat]5; Tess: M; 4/4, unmeasured, Slow, bleak (... = 69); V/mD, P/E; 2 pages. XIV. A dark winter blue-black evening . F# major; C#4-G5; Tess: CR, M; 3/4, 2/4, Flowing (... = 60); V/mD, P/ mD; 2 pages. XV. Old shoe! Tonal; E[musical flat]4-G#5; Tess: mH; 2/4, Joyous (... = 108); V/mD, P/mD; 3 pages. PART FOUR XVI. A wild man home from the woods. D minor; C4-F5; Tess: M; 3/4, Murmuring, restless (... = 66); V/mD, P/mD; 4 pages. XVII. Papers! I've never seen so many ... Tonal; B3-G[musical flat]5; Tess: CR; 2/4, Agitated (... = 82); 2½ pages. XVIII. Night watch till early morn If take my freedom Dear children ... Tonal; C4-G#5; Tess: M-CR; 3/2, 3/4, 2/4, 5/4, Maestoso-Tempo of I; V/mD-D, P/mD-D; 11+ pages. The stories and conflicting reports that surround the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his daughters' nurse and maid, Sally Hemings, are as fascinating as they are intricate. We do know that Sally (Sarah) was the daughter of Elizabeth Hemmings and, allegedly, John Wayles, Thomas Jefferson's father-in-law. If this is true, then Martha Wayles Jefferson and Sally Hemings were half sisters, as the libretto of this song cycle suggests. Jefferson inherited Sally as a slave from the Wayles estate, and she would have moved with her mother to Monticello by 1776. Jefferson married Martha Wayles in 1769, but she lived only ten years after that. In 1784, now a widower, he went to Paris, first as trade minister for the American government and then as minister in Benjamin Franklin's place. In 1787 he brought his two daughters to Paris, and Sally was taken along to care for the girls. In 1802, halfway through Jefferson's first term as president, a political enemy published an article in a Richmond newspaper revealing the relationship between the president and his daughter's maid. Jefferson never commented one way or the other on the story, but it took on a life of its own. It was said that Sally Hemings was Jefferson's mistress and the mother of six children by him. …
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