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soprano and chamber orch - 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets; harp; strings (min. 6,6,4,4,2)
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Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
12
Movements
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Audio
LiptakThe Sleepers excerpt.mp3
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Description
Walt Whitman's "The Sleepers" is a lengthy poem with many levels of meaning. It is recited by the poet in the first person, observing the democracy of the sleepers as he moves with empathy above and withing the vast array of humanity sharing the leveling consciousness of sleep. My setting of "The Sleepers" uses the eighth and final part of this poem. Written for soprano and chamber orchestra, the work was commissioned by Kathleen Kenny Suher, in memory of her mother Patricia Kenney Bertz.
First Perfomance
February 8th, 2015; Jamie Jordan, soprano, Cordancia Chamber Orchestra; Rochester, NY
Recording
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Text Language - Non English
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Text Source/Author
Walt Whitman,
from "The Sleepers," published in Leaves of Grass, 1855
from "The Sleepers," published in Leaves of Grass, 1855
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Ensemble Type
solo voice(s)+large ensemble or orchestra
chamber orchestra
Genre/Theme
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Instrument
Soprano
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$37.95 full score
$14.95 piano/vocal score, 1 copy
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$37.95 full score
$14.95 piano/vocal score, 1 copy
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