THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

Composer: 
Frederic Goossen
Scoring: 
satb, perc (1), narrator (low voice)
Instrumentation freestyle: 
mixed chorus, solo percussionist with side drum, tambourine, xylophone, pair of large cymbals, small cymbal tuned to A#;
Year Authored: 
1973
Duration (min): 
16
Alternate Title: 
DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
Movements-Titles: 
8
Text Source/Author: 
Ambrose Bierce (journalist, Civil War veteran); The Devil's Dictionary, a collection of caustic aphorisms, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911. --Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions.
First Performance: 
Tuscaloosa, AL - 17 April 1973
Publisher: 
ACA
Publisher URL: 
American Composers Alliance

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List Price: 
$24.50 library copy, 1st copy for performance, conductor's score 11 x 14 original size
List Price: 
$9.15 additional copies for performance (10x13); Call ACA to inquire if further discount is possible
List Price: 
$10.75 piano score for rehearsal (no text underlay)