Forever's Silent Song for Chamber Orchestra and Mezzo-Soprano
Description:
This work is a setting of two poems by E.E. Cummings for chamber orchestra and mezzo-soprano soloist. The approximate durations of the first and second movements are respectively seven and one half, and six minutes. The music was inspired by the poetry and attempts to highlight the cyclic syntax which hallmarks Cummings' style. The first poem ("pity this busy monster, manunkind,") presents a sarcastic analysis of the progress of society. The compositional techniques used in the first movement i…
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Date:
August 1986
Creator:
Webb, Lisa A. (Lisa Ann)
Partner:
UNT Libraries