The Echo Elf Answers
A Song for Mezzo-Soprano and Guitar
Line-up, style and pricing information
Line-up
Mezzo-soprano, guitar
Type
Duration
3'00 minutes
Price
$3.60
A darkly sweet art song for mezzo-soprano and guitar, setting the Thomas Hardy poem, and appealing to my folklore-loving self! It has a looping guitar ending inspired by the likes of Bert Jansch or Davy Graham.
The Echo Elf Answers
How much shall I love her?
For life, or not long?
“Not long.”
Alas! When forget her?
In years, or by June?
“By June.”
And whom woo I after?
No one, or a throng?
“A throng.”
Of these shall I wed one
Long hence, or quite soon?
“Quite soon.”
And which will my bride be?
The right or the wrong?
“The wrong.”
And my remedy – what kind?
Wealth-wove, or earth-hewn?
“Earth-hewn.”
Thomas Hardy
The Echo Elf Answers was commissioned by Arthur Keegan-Bole
and written for Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling. It was premiered at Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton on May 27th, 2022
Further information
Publisher
Self--published
Year
2022
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