‘A good voice… [is a] gift… so rare there is not one among a thousand that hath it’, wrote William Byrd in 1588. This didn’t put off singers wishing to try their luck: songbooks became hugely popular around the turn of the 17th century, most notably John Dowland’s groundbreaking First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597).
This was music for performers to make their own. These works have a strongly operatic flavour, blending poetry and music to create intensely expressive drama that goes straight to the listener’s heart. Highlights include Purcell’s masterpiece In guilty night, which is held in the Academy’s Spencer Collection.

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Resounding Shores: Songs, Scenes and Dialogues

Royal Academy of Music

For Immediate Release – New York, NY – On March 2nd at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents Music & Film @ Westbeth, an event combining cutting-edge short films with contemporary music composition.

Charles Coleman

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Jun 30, 2024

Resounding Shores: Songs, Scenes and Dialogues · Royal Academy of Music

Mar 2, 2024

Composers Concordance presents Music & Film @ Westbeth · New Music USA

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