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American Poetry and Writings
The works in this collection are based on American poetry, literature, letters, speeches, and diary entries, and include an enormous range of authors - from popular writers like Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson to personal letters and poetry by complete unknowns. Many of these works are for vocalists, using the text directly as lyrics or libretto. Other works are instrumental, or without words, and use the texts as inspiration or for programmatic effect.
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Hart Crane - e.e. cummings - Emily Dickinson - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Langston Hughes - Edna St. Vincent Millay - Carl Sandburg - Walt Whitman - William Carlos Williams
Other authors and instruments can be specified using the filters below.
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Mark Zuckerman
TWO EMILY DICKINSON SETTINGS
fl, cl, bass trb, perc (vib, triangle), spoken text
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Paul Zonn
TENNESSEE SECRETS
fl, ob, cl, mandolin quartet, horn, perc/vib 2 vln, vla, vcl, cb mandolin quartet and chamber orchestra
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James Yannatos
AMAZING GRACE - a Choral Drama
SATB chorus, Narrator, Vocal Soloists, Trio: Piano, Perc, Double Bass
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Frank Wigglesworth
WILLOWDALE HANDCAR
Soprano, countertenor, basso; flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, strings (or w/ piano)
$15.00 - $73.00 -
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