Soleils couchants
Publisher | Cypress Choral Music - from Canada |
Composer | Robert Ingari |
Voice/Instrument | SSAA - a cappella |
Difficulty | Unrated |
Soleils couchants is a four-part a cappella setting of one of Paul Verlaine’s most famous poems from the collection Poèmes saturiens published in 1866. In his setting of this poem, Robert Ingari uses a simple form where the alto melody accompanied by a vocal ostinato in the soprano, tenor and bass alternates with a four-part section where the melody is taken by the sopranos. The rhythmic repetition of the ostinato creates a background for the melancholic melody of the altos.