Gloria Coates (1934-2023)

A Word is Dead (1979)

for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) and piano

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1979
    • Duration: 1 mn 10 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: 24 November 1980
    Location:

    Allemagne, Berlin, American Gedank Bibliothek


    Performers:

    Sylvia Gröschke, soprano ; R. Sternlicht, piano

Observations

7e chant des 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson.