For soprano and piano

Song of Solitude

for Soprano and Piano

A song for soprano and piano on Federico García Lorca, sung in Russian.

Year 1988

Cycle Two Songs

Scoring Soprano
Piano

Publisher Boosey & Hawkes
/ Sikorski

Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski Purchase Score

Published Work

Part of Two Songs. The published work contains Song of Solitude and When I Die.

Text

Federico García Lorca. The song is set in Russian.

Premiere

1988. Chelyabinsk · Ludmila Shenderova, soprano · Lera Auerbach, piano.

Structure

Song of Solitude

Song for soprano and piano.
Position

First song of Two Songs.
Text

Federico García Lorca, sung in Russian.

Work Information

Full Title

Song of Solitude

Published As

Song of Solitude, part of Two Songs.

Scoring

For soprano and piano.

Year

1988.

Text

Federico García Lorca, sung in Russian.

Translation

English translation by Lera Auerbach, provided for reference only.

Premiere

First performed in 1988 in Chelyabinsk by Ludmila Shenderova, soprano, and Lera Auerbach, piano.

Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski.

Availability

Published as part of Two Songs, available for sale through Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski.

Listen to Work

Educational listening access to Song of Solitude for soprano and piano.

Now Playing

Song of Solitude

For soprano and piano

Text

Безлюдье

Federico García Lorca · sung text in Russian · English translation by Lera Auerbach

Sung text, Russian

Безлюдье Со всех сторон – безлюдье – со всех сторон.

(Сиротский звон – свечечка…)

Сиротский звон сверчка – сиротский звон.

Сон бубенца во мраке.

Сон…

English translation, for reference

From all around – Solitude – From all around.

(Orphan bells – small candle…)

Lonely ringing of a cricket – Orphan bells.

The dream of a little bell in the darkness.

The dream…

Text note: The musical setting uses the Russian text only. The English version by Lera Auerbach is included here as a reference translation.

The Work

Song of Solitude is a song for soprano and piano composed in 1988. It is the first song of Two Songs, a pair of Lorca settings for soprano and piano.

Lorca’s text evokes solitude through repeated images of surrounding emptiness, orphaned bells, a cricket’s lonely ringing, and the dream of a small bell in darkness. Auerbach’s setting uses the Russian text; the English translation is included on this page only as a guide to meaning.

Form Song.
Language Russian.
Forces Soprano and piano.

Online Materials

Public links related to Song of Solitude. The publisher pages list the complete published work, Two Songs, which includes Song of Solitude.

All Audio Score Reference

Audio

Listen to Work
On-page audio with educational listening notice.
leraauerbach.com
Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski
Official publisher page for Two Songs, the published work containing Song of Solitude.
Boosey & Hawkes
Score

Purchase Score
Official Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski purchase page for Two Songs.
Boosey & Hawkes
Reference

Auerbach Work Catalogue
Publisher catalogue PDF listing Two Songs, including Song of Solitude.
Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski

Publisher and Materials

Published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski as part of Two Songs. The publisher catalogue page and purchase page are linked below.