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.
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 (1918 or 1919; compl. Chappell Kingsland, 2023; 5 pp.) | B3 (Sorabji’s extant music), B♭3 (Chappell Kingsland’s completion) | 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 |
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