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Morton Feldman Composer

Only

Performances: 2

Tracks: 3

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Only
Year: 1946
Genre: Other Solo Vocal
Pr. Instrument: Voice
- Part 1
- Part 2

The short solo voice composition Only is Feldman's earliest known composition, dating from his 20th year (although the work wasn't actually published until much later, in 1976). It is a setting of the Sonnet XXIII from Rainer Maria Rilke's Sonette an Orpheus, translated into English by J.B. Leishman. The simple modal melody is chant-like, quite tonal but incorporating a couple of pointed dissonances. While it is uncharacteristic of the later Feldman style, Only's intimacy and simplicity has attracted quite a number of performers.

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