Notes: | Song cycle for baritone and string quartet; baritone tacet in Interlude and first part of Scherzo. "...functions both as an instrumental string quartet and as a traditional song cycle"--Program notes. Cover title. Commissioned by Northern Kentucky University and the Amernet Society. Premiered in Highland Heights, Kentucky, 8 October 2003, by baritone Paul Kreider and the Amernet String Quartet. Duration: ca. 22:00. At end of score: 8 July 2003, Yaddo; 2 November 2003, New York City. Includes program notes in English, p. [2] of cover. English words; texts by W. H. Auden.
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