On the road to Christmas : for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra
- Title
- On the road to Christmas : for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra / music by Jake Heggie ; poems by Emily Dickinson, Jake Heggie, A.E. Housman, and Frederica von Stade.
- Published by
- [San Francisco, California] : Bent Pen Music, Inc., [2015]
- ©1996
- Author
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 score (43 pages); 31 cm
- Subject
- Von Stade, Frederica > Musical settings
- Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980 > Musical settings
- Sacred songs (Medium voice) with string orchestra > Scores
- Housman, A. E (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936 > Musical settings
- Songs
- Sacred music
- Scores
- Art music
- Christmas music
- Heggie, Jake, 1961- > Musical settings
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 > Musical settings
- Genre/Form
- Christmas music.
- Songs.
- Sacred music.
- Art music.
- Scores.
- Contents
- Prologue. The night is freezing fast / [words] by A.E. Housman -- The car ride to Christmas / [words] by Frederica von Stade -- Good King merrily on high / traditional ; arranged by Jake Heggie -- I wonder as I wander / traditional ; arranged by Jake Heggie (uses elements of I wonder as I wander by John Jacob Niles) -- The road to Bethlehem / [words] by Emily Dickinson -- And then the setting sun / [words] by Frederica von Stade -- Christmas time of year / [words and music] by Jake Heggie.
- Call number
- JNG 16-122
- Note
- Composed for Frederica von Stade and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
- Premiered in San Francisco, December 1996.
- Commissioned by the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
- Language (note)
- English words also printed separately as text.
- Author
- Heggie, Jake, 1961- composer, arranger of music, author.
- Title
- On the road to Christmas : for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra / music by Jake Heggie ; poems by Emily Dickinson, Jake Heggie, A.E. Housman, and Frederica von Stade.
- Publisher
- [San Francisco, California] : Bent Pen Music, Inc., [2015]
- Copyright date
- ©1996
- Edition
- Full score.
- Type of content
- notated music
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Language
- English words also printed separately as text.
- Staff notation.
- Added author
- Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936, author.
- Von Stade, Frederica, author.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, author.
- New Century Chamber Orchestra, commissioning body.
- Publisher no.
- 894FS Bent Pen Music, Inc.
- Research call number
- JNG 16-122