George Crumb (1929-2022)

Apparition (1979)

Elegiac songs and vocalisations, for soprano and amplified piano

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1979
    • Duration: 23 mn
    • Publisher: Peters, nº P66832
    • Libretto (details, author):

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

Detailed formation
  • solo soprano, piano [amplifié]

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 January 1981
    Location:

    États-Unis, New York


    Performers:

    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.

Table of contents

  • 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