Jeanne Singer (1924-2000)
From Petrarch
Year: 1978
Duration (in minutes): 6'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any brass, any female voice, any high voice, any male voice, any medium voice, any voice, any woodwind, clarinet, horn, mezzo soprano, piano, soprano, tenor voice
Description: Commissioned by Green House Poetry Mag. Premiered Boston 1978; J. Struss, mez, D. Hoose, hn. Ten and/or sop version avail from composer (Trans. by L. Schwartz). Features horn solos tragic, lyrical. Numerous performances worldwide. Ten, hn, pn version recorded CD & cassette, Cambria Records. "Hauntingly expressive..." - The Horn Call. COR PUBLISHING