| Description |
1 audio disc (56:19) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
001452 002235 001851 |
| Physical Medium |
plastic metal 4 3/4 in. stamping 1.4 m/s |
| Description |
digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
soprano voice 1 violin 1 cello 1 piano 1 4 |
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piano 1 1 |
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baritone voice 1 oboe 1 violin 1 viola 1 cello 1 piano 1 glass harmonica 1 7 |
| Series |
American classics
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American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
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| Note |
The 1st work, a song cycle originally written for tenor and piano, performed here in a version for soprano and piano trio written in 2009 for the performers on this recording. |
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Text of the 3rd work by Benjamin Franklin, "excerpted and assembled from his various private and public writings and almanacs to create an extended musical soliloquy." |
| Performer |
In the 1st work: Amy Burton, soprano ; Trio Solisti (Maria Bachmann, violin ; Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello ; Jon Klibonoff, piano). In the 2nd work: Simon Mulligan, piano. In the 3rd work: Randall Scarlata, baritone ; La Fenice (Peggy Pearson, oboe ; Catherine Cho, violin ; Mark Holloway, viola ; Marcy Rosen, cello ; Diane Walsh, piano) ; Cecilia Brauer, glass harmonica. |
| Event |
1st work Recorded 2009 November 23 Performing Arts Center, SUNY-Purchase, Purchase, New York, USA. |
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2nd work Recorded 2007 October 22 Performing Arts Center, SUNY-Purchase, Purchase, New York, USA. |
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3rd work Recorded 2008 May 23 Performing Arts Center, SUNY-Purchase, Purchase, New York, USA. |
| Note |
Program notes by Paul Moravec and biographical notes on the composer and performers in English (8 pages : portraits) in container. |
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Title from disc label. |
| Contents |
Vita brevis : version for soprano and piano trio, 2009 (14:52). A lullaby / text, James Agee ; My heart leaps up / text, William Wordsworth ; Mezzo cammin / text, Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; The coming of wisdom with time / text, William Butler Yeats ; In remembrance / text, attributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye (14:52) -- Characteristics : 1996 (22:35) -- Useful knowledge : A Franklin fantasy, 2006 / text, Benjamin Franklin (18:51). |
| Language |
The 1st and 3rd works sung in English. |
| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble. |
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Piano music.
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Piano music. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music.
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| Subject |
Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble. |
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Cantatas, Secular.
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Cantatas, Secular. |
| Genre/Form |
Cantatas, Secular.
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| Subject |
Agee, James, 1909-1955 -- Musical settings.
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Agee, James, 1909-1955. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Musical settings.
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Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. |
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Musical settings.
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. |
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Musical settings.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. |
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Musical settings.
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. |
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Frye, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1905-2004 -- Musical settings.
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Frye, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1905-2004. |
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Musical settings.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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Chamber music.
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Chamber music.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Art music.
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Art music.
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Cantatas.
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Cantatas.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Agee, James, 1909-1955, author.
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Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850, author.
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, author.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882, author.
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939, author.
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Frye, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1905-2004, author.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, author.
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Burton, Amy (Soprano), singer.
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Mulligan, Simon, instrumentalist.
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Scarlata, Randall, singer.
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Brauer, Cecilia, 1923- instrumentalist.
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Container of (expression): Moravec, Paul, 1957-
Vita brevis; arranged.
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Container of (work): Moravec, Paul, 1957-
Characteristics.
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Container of (work): Moravec, Paul, 1957-
Useful knowledge.
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Trio Solisti, instrumentalist.
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Fenice (Musical group : 2001- ), instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections
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| Standard No. |
00636943969823 |
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636943969823 |
| Music No. |
8.559698 Naxos |
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