Composition: So Long My Motherland (Saral, Ali Riza)
| Title | So Long My Motherland |
| Alternative title | So Long |
| Creators | Ali Riza Saral (composer) and Ralph Waldo Emerson (librettist) and İsmail Aziz Karahan (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | — |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | A minor |
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| First published | — |
| Dedication | To my mom, Hacer Süheyla SARAL |
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| Average duration (sec) | 4200 |
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| Composition types | — |
| Period | Modern |
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Sections
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Arrangements
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
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| view | Complete | — | — | — | Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Libretto · view Songs flow and tempos · view References · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Files | |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Act 1 | 1. The Sea and Waves Dance Music · file 2. Song of the Sailor's Father · file 3. We Thank Thee · file 4. Elderly's Thanks Prayer · file 5. Sailor's Mom's Cry (prelude) · file 6. Sailor's Mom's Cry (interlude) · file 7. Sailor's Mom's Cry (postlude) · file |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Act 2 | 8/1. Oh My Family and Friends · file 8/2. In Your Dreams · file 8/3. To Other Lands to Islands · file 8/4. I will Teach You Again · file 9. There is a Reason · file |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Act 3 | 10. The Sea and Waves Dance Music (B minor) · file 11. Love · file 12. The Sea and Waves Dance Music (E minor) · file 13. Safe Voyage Prayers of Mariners · file 14. Sailor's Safe Voyage Prayer · file 15. The Sea and Waves Dance Music (A major) · file 16. My Mother's Prayer · file 17. Thanks Giving · file |
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