Upon Silence sets Long-legged Fly, a late poem of Yeats which portrays three momentous figures in history absorbed in silent contemplation: Julius Caesar planning a crucial military campaign, Helen of Troy as an adolescent in Sparta and Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. The verses are set in a syllabic manner, while each successive chorus is set to increasingly lengthy melismas as, like the long-legged fly above water, the voice hovers above the strings. For Mezzo Soprano with String Ensemble.
Upon Silence
| Arrangement | Mezzo-Soprano, String Ensemble |
| Genres | Post-1900 |
| Format | Vocal Work |
| Level | 4 |
| NumberOfPages | 32 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Faber Music |
| Contributors | Benjamin, George (Composer) Yeats, William Butler (Lyricist) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780571515783 |