Ave Maria
Composer: Leandro Campanari (1857-1939), c1894
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Music: a monthly
magazine, devoted to the art, science, technic ..., Volume 5
(1894)
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Songs By Leandro Campanari Ave Maria Key of E
Egyptian Song from Ben Hur G minor Fair Daffodils Poem from Herrick Key of D
flat Long Years Ago Dramatic Air Key of E flat These songs are above the
average having in them that two fold something which is hardly ever absent
from compositions by good Italian composers They lie well for the voice
though the compass is rather wide and they are melodious Like many things by
the younger Italian writers the harmonic progressions are rather strong not
to say daring One particularly striking C se of the kind whichany teacher of
composition crosses out on sight is the sequence of sevenths on page 4 of
the Ave Maria lower line Here the soprano sings the seventh in four
successive measures and chord having E fourth space in chord of F sharp
diminished D resolving into E in the same chord the D standing as seventh to
the bass which there temporarily goes down to E and C in a chord of D and
Anally skipping up to G on a chord of A This is a very rare example and the
reviewer is obliged to confess that early prejudices in the way of musical
must not's prevent his liking it The Ave Maria is an effective composition
The Egyptian song runs to queer melodic skips and rhythms suggestive of
something foreign which may as likely be Egyptian as anything else The
Ave Maria and the Fair Daffodils seem to be most likely to please The
dramatic air has a good deal of tremolo and pianissimo chromatics in the
bass a mischief brewing They are all ambitious efforts and deserve to be
scanned by singers in search of effective novelties |
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