Cantilena

Composer: DOUGLAS, Roy
  • Roy Douglas composed his Cantilena for string orchestra in 1957.1
  • The term cantilena refers to lyrical, legato melodic writing. It can also be used to mean a “cradle song.”2

Sources

  1. Christopher Palmer and Stephen Lloyd, “Douglas, Roy,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 4, 2019, https://oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000008091.
  2. “cantilena.” Oxford Reference, accessed Feb. 26, 2020. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095546944.

Cut IDs

43986