After Sylvia — Odaline de la Martinez
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After Sylvia

Five poems by Sylvia Plath set for voice and piano

Official edition of "After Sylvia" by Odaline de la Martinez, published by Composers Edition (ce-odlm1as1), scored for 女高音, 钢琴. Edition includes 1 part, 18 pages.

Catalog No.
ce-odlm1as1
Instrumentation
女高音, 钢琴
Specifications
1 parts · 18 pages (Single Score)

Parts & Score Materials

Part NameInstrumentPages
女高音, 钢琴VoiceFemale, Piano18 pages

Work & Edition Details

After Sylvia was written in 1976, revised in 2017. The work won the Joyce Dixie prize from MCPS soon after the first performance. It's a cycle of four songs inspired by two poems of Sylvia Plath. The first song, Morning Song speaks of the birth of Plath's first child. It is joyful and full of light. The second and fourth songs Lady Lazarus and Comeback are based on words from Plath's one poem Lady Lazarus. The song Lady Lazarus shows Plath's fall into depression and finishes with the text 'The flesh the grave cave ate will be at home on me'. The third song Out of the Depths uses texts out of the Bible and is a sort of prayer in which the poet asks God to listen to her supplications. The fourth song, Comeback returns to the Lady Lazarus poem, but this time with a more positive outlook. It finishes with a victorious tone and the words 'Beware, Out of the Ash I rise And Eat Men like Air!'.

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