general information

composition date
1979
duration
23 min
editor
Peters, San Antonio, Texas
Libretto (details, author)

Walt Whitman, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Soprano and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

piano [amplifié]

information about the creation

date
January 13, 1981

États-Unis, New York

interpreters

Jan DeGaetani : mezzo-soprano, Gilbert Kalish : piano.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
amplification

observations

Enregistrement : Jan DeGaetani : mezzo-soprano, Gilbert Kalish : piano, cd Bridge 9006 et Bridge 9028, 1991.

Part titles

  • I. The Night in Silence under Many a Star
  • Vocalise 1: Summer Sounds
  • II. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
  • III. Dark Mother Always Gliding Near with Soft Feet
  • Vocalise 2: Invocation
  • IV. Approach Strong Deliveress!    
  • Vocalise 3: Death Carol
  • V. Come Lovely and Soothing Death
  • VI. The Night in Silence under Many a Star

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