Gloria Coates (1934-2023)

I Held a Jewel (In my Fingers) (1966 -1972)

for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) and piano

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1966 - 1972
    • Duration: 2 mn 20 s
    • Cycle: 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson
    • Libretto (details, author):

      poème d’Emily Dickinson

Detailed formation
  • soloist: mezzo-soprano
  • piano

Premiere information

  • Date: 29 January 1973
    Location:

    Allemagne, Munich, Munich America House


    Performers:

    Sylvia Anderson, mezzo-soprano ; Matthias Kuntzsch, piano

Observations

3e chant des 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson.