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Upon Silence

Upon Silence

Paperback (18 Jan 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Upon Silence sets Long-legged Fly, a late poem of Yeats which portrays three momentous figures in history absorbed in silent contemplation: Julius Caesar planning a crucial military campaign, Helen of Troy as an adolescent in Sparta and Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel.

The verses are set in a syllabic manner, while each successive chorus is set to increasingly lengthy melismas as, like the long-legged fly above water, the voice hovers above the strings.

Book information

ISBN: 9780571515783
Publisher: Faber Music
Imprint: Faber Music
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 36
Weight: 146g
Height: 297mm
Width: 210mm