| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 songs
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| Composition Year | 1941 |
| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; Scores featuring the voice; |
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| Work Title | “Epigram” and “Epitaph: upon the death of Sir Albert Morton’s Wife” |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Fine, Vivian |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IVF 24 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 songs
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1941 |
| Librettist | Sir William Jones and Sir Henry Wotton |
| Language | English |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 5 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | Contralto or mezzo-soprano and piano |
Fine expressed her feelings [about World War II] in two song collections. The first consists of two songs, “Epigram,” and “Epitaph: upon the death of Sir Albert Morton’s Wife,” on texts by Sir William Jones (1746-1794) and Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639). Epigram is a parent’s hope that a baby will live, and Epitaph is a statement about a wife who died not long after her husband’s death. She wrote the second collection, Songs of Our Times (1943), for a concert that Lazare Saminsky produced at the Temple Emmanuel in New York to support the Russian/American efforts in the war.
…the attractive Epigram, of a limpid vocal line and imaginative instrumentation….
