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Ranges of the Solo Vocal Parts

This page gives the range for each of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji’s solo vocal parts. In other words, the choral parts in the Symphony [no. 1] for Piano, Large Orchestra, Chorus, and Organ (1921-22; 300 pp.), the Symphony [no. 2], “Jāmī”, for Large Orchestra, Wordless Chorus, and Baritone Solo (1942-51; 826 pp.), and the Messa grande sinfonica (1955-61; 1,001 pp.) are not included; however, the range of the solo baritone part of the Symphony [no. 2], “Jāmī” is shown.

Pitches are notated from C0 to C8, with middle C being C4.

Pitch notation

Due to technical limitations, notes with flat signs sort after notes without.

A PDF file using musical notation can also be downloaded.

 

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Title Bottom Note Top Note
Title Bottom Note Top Note
The Poplars (1915; 3 pp.) G3 B5
Chrysilla (1915; 4 pp.) B♭3 C6
Roses du soir (1915; 4 pp.) C4 D♯5
L’heure exquise (1916; 2 pp.) C4 G♯5
Vocalise pour soprano fioriturata (1916; 3 pp.) C4 C♯6
Apparition (1916; 5 pp.) C♯4 G5
Hymne à Aphrodite (1916; 5 pp.) C♯4 C6
L’étang (1917; 2 pp.) B♭3 B5
I Was Not Sorrowful—​Poem for Voice and Piano [Spleen] (between 1917 and 1919; 3 pp.) B3 B5
Le mauvais jardinier (1919; 1 p.) B3 F♯5
Trois fêtes galantes de Verlaine (ca. 1919; 11 pp.) C4 G♯5
Trois poèmes pour chant et piano (1918, 1919; 9 pp.) C4 A5
Music to “The Rider by Night” (1919; 54 pp.) C4 E♭5
Arabesque (1920; 2 pp.) C4 D5
Cinque sonetti di Michelagniolo Buonarroti (1923; 40 pp.) A2 B4
Trois poèmes du “Gulistān” de Saʿdī (1926, rev. 1930; 16 pp.) A2 G4
L’irrémédiable (1927; 8 pp.) A3 A5
Movement for Voice and Piano (1927, 1931; 9 pp.) B♭3 G♯5
Trois poèmes (1941; 13 pp.) B3 B♭5
Symphony [no. 2], “Jāmī”, for Large Orchestra, Wordless Chorus, and Baritone Solo (1942-51; 826 pp.) G2 A4
Frammento cantato (1967; 1 p.) B2 D4
Benedizione di San Francesco d’Assisi (1973; 2 pp.) E3 F♯4
Last modified: 2024-03-05
© Marc-André Roberge 2024
Sorabji Resource Site (SRS)
Faculté de musique, Université Laval, Québec

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