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Additional authors

1. Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926
2. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
3. Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968
4. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
5. Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881
6. Gioia, Dana
7. Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
8. Machlis, Joseph, 1906-1998
9. Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
10. Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998
11. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
12. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
13. Navarro, Maria Cristina
14. Barsamian, Aram
15. Cossey, Carver
16. Perkins, Barry
17. Clemensen, David
18. Alexander, John, 1944-
19. Warland, Dale.
20. Lauridsen, Morten, 1943-
21. Gregorio, Joseph, 1979-
22. Rickelton, Michael.
23. Muehleisen, John, 1955-
24. Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
25. Whitacre, Eric, 1970-
26. Orfe, John.
27. John Alexander Singers, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Description

1. 1 audio disc (77:11) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Subject

1. Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 > Musical settings
2. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 > Musical settings
3. Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 > Musical settings
4. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 > Musical settings
5. Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 > Musical settings
6. Gioia, Dana > Musical settings
7. Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 > Musical settings
8. Machlis, Joseph, 1906-1998 > Musical settings
9. Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 > Musical settings
10. Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998 > Musical settings
11. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 > Musical settings
12. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 > Musical settings
13. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
14. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano
15. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with trumpet
16. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble

Contents

1. Always singing / Dale Warland; text by Fred Mitchell, paraphrased by the composer (2:42) -- Chanson éloignée / Morten Lauridsen; text by Rainer Maria Rilke (5:20) -- O Love, be fed with apples while you may / Lauridsen; text by Robert Graves (2:10) -- Love, thricewise. Liquor and lacquer (1:28) ; An amethyst remembrance (2:24) ; Kinsfolk (1:50) / Joseph Gregorio; texts by Witter Bynner, Emily Dickinson, and Sidney Lanier -- Pentecost / Michael Rickelton; text by Dana Gioia (6:12) -- Snow (the king's trumpeter) (5:02) ; When all is done (9:28) / John Muehleisen; text of 2nd work by Paul Laurence Dunbar -- The bluebird / Norman Dello Joio; text by Joseph Machlis (4:41) -- Two river nocturnes. Prairie waters by night (5:44) ; River moons (7:00) / Muehleisen; texts by Carl Sandburg -- Little birds (3:26) ; Water night (4:31) / Eric Whitacre; texts by Octavio Paz -- Fire! / John Orfe; text by Langston Hughes (5:28) -- Song of the open road / Dello Joio; text adapted from Walt Whitman (8:40).

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. Choral music, primarily unaccompanied ; tracks 3, 10, 13 with piano ; tracks 8-9, 15 with trumpet ; track 16 with trumpet and piano.
2. Title from disc label.
3. Notes in English, English song texts, and French and Spanish song texts with English translations (23 pages, with portraits) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

1. Ted Ancona, recording engineer ; Matthew Snyder, editing, mixing and mastering ; Brian Sullivan and Ryan McSweeney, associate producers ; Richard Messenger, producer ; Carol Rosenberger, executive producer..

Language (note)

1. Sung primarily in English ; track 2 sung in French ; track 13 sung in Spanish.