Name: Signifying Nothing
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Type

Piece

Composer

Karen Siegel

Composer Nationality

American

Composer Date of Birth

1980

Text

William Shakespeare

Year Composed

2009

Pages

Minutes

Difficulty

5 (Challenging)

Language

English

Voicing

4 part mixed chorus

Divisi

Yes

Solos

none

Sacred or Secular

Secular

Mood

Sparse, distant, minimal; Tense, with some edge

Description

This setting of Macbeth’s “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” soliloquy plays with the idea of sound emerging from nothing and then disintegrating back into the ether. Each phrase ebbs in and out of being, only briefly existing as an understandable line of poetry with a cohesive melody and rhythm. Composed for C4: the Choral Composers/Conductors Collective.

Audio Credit

Phillip Cheah, Suzanne Schwing, Karen Siegel & Dennis Tobenski

Web Page

http://karensiegel.com/signifying-nothing/

Group

Performances

C4: Feb 25 & 27 2010 (Sound and Fury), cond. David Rentz (World Premiere); Clerestory: Sept. 28 & 29 2013; Phillip Cheah, Suzanne Schwing, Karen Siegel & Dennis Tobenski: Feb. 2013