Douglas Lilburn :: Four Canzonas


 

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Lilburn, Douglas
1915-2001
(b Wanganui, 2 Nov 1915; d Wellington, 6 June 2001). New Zealander
Four Canzonas <1943–1950; rev 1980>
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Canzonas 1 & 2 originally composed as incidental music for Shakespeare productions (Hamlet and Othello, respectively.) Canzonas 3 & 4 originally written to accompany a reading of Rainer Maria Rilke's prose poem The Lay of Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke.
Assembled and arranged in 1980.
Canzona 1: quarter-note = 60
Canzona 2: dotted quarter-note = 40
Canzona 3: quarter-note = 54
Canzona 4: quarter-note = 60