The title is not an obvious connection, I assure you *lol* 'The Willow Song' is an arrangement of one of Desdemona's sections from Othello, and one of the phrases is 'I am dead to all pleasure, my true love is gone' and 'Take this for my farewell, and latest adieu; write this on my tomb, that in love I was true.' It's a very somber piece, and since it's one of my favorite madrigals I've performed, my brain jumped to that. So yeah, weeping willow, somber song, all wrapped into an obscure title that makes me happy :)
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The title is not an obvious connection, I assure you *lol* 'The Willow Song' is an arrangement of one of Desdemona's sections from Othello, and one of the phrases is 'I am dead to all pleasure, my true love is gone' and 'Take this for my farewell, and latest adieu; write this on my tomb, that in love I was true.' It's a very somber piece, and since it's one of my favorite madrigals I've performed, my brain jumped to that. So yeah, weeping willow, somber song, all wrapped into an obscure title that makes me happy :)