Gloria Coates (1934-2023)
Five Abstractions of the Poems by Emily Dickinson for Woodwind Quartet (1975)
five pieces for four woodwinds
- General information
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Composition date:
1975
- Duration: 14 mn
- Commission: Südwestfunk-Windquintet pour le concert du 25e anniversaire du Centre pour la musique contemporaine de Genève
- Dedication: the Südwestfunk-Windquintet
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Libretto (details, author):
Poèmes d’Emily Dickinson
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Composition date:
1975
- Type
- Chamber music [Woodwind quartet]
Detailed formation
- flute (also piccolo), oboe (also English horn), clarinet (also bass clarinet), bassoon
Premiere information
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Date:
27 January 1976
Location:Suisse, Genève, Conservatoire de musique de Genève, salle de concert, concert du 25e anniversaire du Centre pour la musique contemporaine de Genève
Performers:Südwestfunk-Windquintet
Observations
Publiée à l’origine par Ahn & Simrock-Crescendo. En 1984, les droits ont été repris par la compositrice.
Table of contents
I. I shall keep singing
II. Had I known that the first was the last
III. He fumbles at your soul
IV. Under the light
V. I Felt a cleavage in my mind