Title Touching the infinite sky : based on the letters of John Muir from Yosemite, California (1871-72) : tenor solo, TTBB chorus, and piano / Gwyneth Walker.

Publication Info.	Boston : E.C. Schirmer Music Company, a division of ECS Publishing Group, [2017]
	©2017

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Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott: Circulating Collection	M1560 .W355 T6	Available	---

Description	1 score (58 pages) ; 28 cm
Playing Time	001730
Description	score
Medium of Performance	tenor voice 1 men's chorus TTBB piano 1 2 1
Note	"This work is a choral adaptation of the solo song cycle Songs from the High Sierra"--Cited from http://www.gwynethwalker.com/touchingtheinfinitesky.html.
Language	Staff notation.
Note	Commissioned by Louisiana State University for the Tiger Glee Club. Premiered in Baton Rouge, October 2016.
	At end: "This version completed May 20, 2016, New Canaan, Connecticut."
	Duration: 17:30.
	Program and biographical notes in English.
Contents	Introduction -- 1. Ascent: Glacier Birds and Other Companions -- 2. Glory in the Mountains -- 3. Yosemite Falls -- 4. Ice! -- Introduction to Descent: Sequoia -- 5. Descent: Sequoia.
Language	English words, from letters of John Muir, altered and with additional words by the composer.
Subject	Muir, John, 1838-1914 -- Musical settings.
	Muir, John, 1838-1914.
Genre/Form	Musical settings.
Subject	Choruses, Secular (Men's voices, 4 parts) with piano, Arranged.
	Song cycles.
	Song cycles.
	Program music.
	Program music.
	Choruses, Secular (Men's voices, 4 parts) with piano.
Genre/Form	Program music.
	Scores.
	Song cycles.
	Songs.
	Song cycles.
	Program music.
	Musical settings.
	Arrangements (Music)
	Arrangements (Music)
	Scores.
	Songs.
Added Author	Muir, John, 1838-1914, author.
	Container of (expression): Walker, Gwyneth, 1947- Songs from the High Sierra; arranged.
Standard No.	600313485169
Music No.	8516 E.C. Schirmer Music Company