The central move to a hymn- like D major brings no relaxation the timbres of the string quartet create a strongly plangent emotional effect, most of all at the tragic return to D minor and the climactic appeal. But the pitiless processes of the tides causes the emotion to darken, and the music responds with denser, more painful harmonies. Barber’s setting begins as an atmospheric evocation of the calm sea seen at night in an austere D minor. The sea’s ebb- tide, as seen from the beach, is the controlling metaphor: it stands for the retreating. The poem depicts human misery as grounded in the loss of religious faith, isolating each human being from his or her fellows. Clearly the exalted pessimism of Arnold’s vision struck a resonant chord with Barber. While he sometimes dismissed his youthful works, Barber retained a special affection for Dover Beach Op 3 nearly fifty years after he first composed it, he remarked on the maturity of his setting of Matthew Arnold’s text and the timelessness of the poem, saying that the emotions evoked by both words and music seemed contemporary. Sheet Music : Samuel Barber: Dover Beach Op.ĭover Beach, Op 3 - Hyperion Records. Voice/String Quartet Publisher : Kevin Mayhew European Sellers Compare Price & Stock. Samuel Barber: Dover Beach Op.3 10.35 EUR - Ships from France. Samuel Barber wrote this music with these words in mind, 'When I am Writing music for.
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