Jeanne Singer (1924-2000)
Wry Rimes Cycle
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 5'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble, solo voice(s) with solo instruments
Instruments: any female voice, any high voice, any male voice, any medium voice, any voice, any woodwind, bassoon, clarinet, mezzo soprano, soprano, tenor voice
Description: 5 short poems by C. Lengyel; humorous. Premiered Nassau County Fine Arts Cent, 1987, F. Hechtel, sop, J. DePalo, cl, Delius Award, 1988. performed Delius Festival, Jacksonville, FL; numerous other performances. Requires virtuosity. Tapes avail for 2 versions. Ten, bn version recorded CD & cassette, Cambria records.