| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Performer |
Laura Brooks Rice, mezzo-soprano ; J.J. Penna, piano. |
| Note |
Settings of poetry by Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, Alice Fulton, Gwendolyn Brooks, Anne Sexton, H.D., Denise Levertov, Marianne Moore, Louise Bogan, May Swenson and Elizabeth Bishop. |
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Poetry selections, nos. 1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, are read by Laura Brooks Rice. |
| Event |
Recorded in Princeton Unitarian Church, Princeton, N.J., Feb. 9, 2001. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
| Contents |
Letter to the world / Emily Dickinson -- I am Rose / Ned Rorem -- Some sheep are loving / Richard Hundley -- April fool baby / Paul Bowles -- Bohemia / Dorothy Parker -- Ultimatum / Seymour Barab -- The choice / Parker -- Letter to Freddy / Paul Bowles -- I am Rose / David Diamond -- Dirge without music / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Souvenir / Ricky Ian Gordon -- The philosopher / Millay -- Recuerdo / John Musto -- Time does not bring relief / Millay -- For you there is no song / Leslie Adams -- I'm nobody / Dickinson -- This little rose / William Roy -- Aristocracy ; Sabbath / Arthur Farwell -- Going to heaven / Aaron Copland -- I will breathe a mountain. Pity me not because the light of day ; How to swing those obbligatos around ; The crazy woman ; Just once ; Never more will the wind ; The sage ; O to be a dragon ; The bustle in a house ; I saw eternity ; Night practice ; The fish / William Bolcom. |
| Local Note |
Westminster Choir College performance. |
| Subject |
Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano. |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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| Added Author |
Penna, J. J., performer.
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Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.
I am Rose.
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Hundley, Richard.
Some sheep are loving.
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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
April fool baby.
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Barab, Seymour.
Songs of perfect propriety. Ultimatum.
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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
Letter to Freddy.
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Diamond, David, 1915-2005.
I am Rose.
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Gordon, Ricky Ian.
Souvenir.
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Musto, John, 1954-
Recuerdo. Recuerdo.
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Adams, Leslie, 1932-
Millay songs. For you there is no song.
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Roy, William, 1928-2003.
This little rose.
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Farwell, Arthur, 1872-1952.
Emily Dickinson songs, op. 105. Aristocracy.
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Farwell, Arthur, 1872-1952.
Emily Dickinson songs, op. 105. Sabbath.
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Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
Poems of Emily Dickinson. Going to heaven!
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Bolcom, William.
I will breathe a mountain.
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Westminster Choir College.
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| Note |
Subititle on container insert: American women poets and song |
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