DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
SATB, solo percussionist with side drum, tambourine, xylophone, pair of large cymbals, small cymbal tuned to A#, narrator (low voice)
Movements: 8.0
Authored (or revised): 1973
Text source: 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.
Duration (minutes): 16
First performance: Tuscaloosa, AL - 17 April 1973
SKU
ACA-GOOS-033This is an archival item from ACA's catalog, and not currently available for purchase.
