LA GUERRE
LA GUERRE
sop & ch ens: cl, pf, vib, 3 perc
A trilogy for soprano and chamber ensemble employing poems on the subject of war by Ezra Pound, Randall Jarrell, and e.e. cummings. Featuring numerous extended vocal and instrumental tecnhiques, as well as some graphic notation. The work is highly dramatic and theatrical, and technically and interpretively extremely demanding. Requires professional performers with considerable experience in the performance of new music created in the 1960s-1970s decade.
Movements: 3.0
Authored (or revised): 1965
Text source: (text: Pound, Jarrell, cummings) Cleared
Duration (minutes): 0.7083333333333334
First performance: 1970-ISCM International Festival, Basel, Switzerland. U.S. Competition Winner - Joan Carroll, Soprano.
SKU
ACA-ZUPR-039This is an archival item from ACA's catalog, and not currently available for purchase.
Description
A trilogy for soprano and chamber ensemble employing poems on the subject of war by Ezra Pound, Randall Jarrell, and e.e. cummings. Featuring numerous extended vocal and instrumental tecnhiques, as well as some graphic notation. The work is highly dramatic and theatrical, and technically and interpretively extremely demanding. Requires professional performers with considerable experience in the performance of new music created in the 1960s-1970s decade.