general information

composition date
1978-1981
duration
40 min
editor
The Fox Edition
Dedicatee
Wilfrid Mellers
Libretto (details, author)

Textes de Allen Ginsberg.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and ensemble of up to 9 instruments)

detailed formation

2 electric organs

information about the creation

Première performance de l'œuvre complète, Royaume-Uni, York, Chapel of St John's College.

interpreters

Soundpool Singers.

observations

Enregistrement par Exaudi (NMC D114).

Part titles

1\. Walt Whitman 2\. Song 3\. America 4\. Transcription (les parties peuvent être jouées séparément).


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