Dictionary of Music - Birding America

sonic environment 391NOTABLE SONG CYCLESTitle Composer Date PoetAncient Voices of Children George Crumb 1974 Federico García LorcaAn die ferne Geliebte (“To the Distant Ludwig van Beethoven 1816 Alois JeittelesBeloved”)Bonne Chanson, La (“The Good Song”) Gabriel Fauré 1892–93 Paul VerlaineCanto a Sevilla (“Song of Seville”) J. Turina 1927 M. San RomanChansons de Bilitis (“Songs of Bilitis”) Claude Debussy 1897 Pierre LouÿsDichterliebe (“Poet’s Love”) Robert Schumann 1840 Heinrich HeineElegiac Songs John Harbison 1974 Emily DickinsonFrauenliebe und Leben (“Woman’s Love Robert Schumann 1840 Adelbert von Chamissoand Life”)Hermit Songs Samuel Barber 1953 Irish poets (8th–13thcenturies)Holy Sonnets of John Donne Benjamin Britten 1945 John DonneHoney and Rue André Previn 1993 Toni MorrisonKindertotenlieder (“Songs on the Death Gustav Mahler 1902 Friedrich Rückertof Children”)Lieder eines fahrendes Gesellen Gustav Mahler 1884 composer(“Songs of a Wayfarer”)Liederkreis, op. 24 (“Song Cycle”) Robert Schumann 1840 Heinrich HeineLiederkreis, op. 39 (“Song Cycle”) Robert Schumann 1840 Josef von EichendorffLied von der Erde, Das (“The Song of Gustav Mahler 1911 Hans Bethgethe Earth”)Love Scenes Aaron Jay Kernis 1987 Anna Swir (trans. M. L.Nathan)Marienleben, Das (“Life of Mary”) Paul Hindemith 1922–23; rev. 1948 Rainer Maria RilkeNantucket Songs, The Ned Rorem 1978–79 Numerous poetsOn Wenlock Edge Ralph Vaughan Williams 1909 A. E. HousmanPierrot lunaire (“Pierrot by Moonlight”) Arnold Schoenberg 1912 Albert GiraudRomanzen aus L. Tieck’s Magelone Johannes Brahms 1861–68 Ludwig Tieck(“Magelone Romances”)Schöne Müllerin, Die (“The Fair Maid Franz Schubert 1823 Wilhelm Müllerof the Mill”)Shéhérazade Maurice Ravel 1903 Tristan KlingsorSongs and Dances of Death Modest Mussorgsky 1875–77 Prince Golenishchev-KutusovVier ernste Gesänge (“Four Serious Songs”) Johannes Brahms 1896 the BibleWinterreise (“Winter Journey”) Franz Schubert 1827 Wilhelm Müllerwhere the response of passersby actively affectedthe composition. In contrast to such works, whichinvolve constant change, another kind of sonic environmentcan be created from sounds that are tapedor piped in live to a concert hall or other space froma distant location. For example, Maryanne Amacherproduced tapes of pier noises and ship’s horns fromthe Hudson River. Similarly, the English composerBrian Eno’s Music for Airports can be purchased asa recording and played back anywhere, although thiscomposition, which he called ambient music, wasactually installed for a time in several airports. An