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On the road to Christmas : for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra
- Title
- On the road to Christmas : for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra / music by Jake Heggie ; poems by Emily Dickinson, Jake Heggie, A.E. Housman, and Frederica von Stade.
- Author
- Heggie, Jake, 1961-
- Publication
- [San Francisco, California] : Bent Pen Music, Inc., [2015]
- ©1996
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- Description
- 1 vocal score (35 pages); 31 cm
- Uniform Title
- On the road to Christmas. Vocal score
- Alternative Title
- On the road to Christmas.
- Subjects
- Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980
- Sacred songs (Medium voice) with string orchestra > Vocal scores with piano
- Songs
- Heggie, Jake, 1961- > Musical settings
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 > Musical settings
- Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980 > Musical settings
- Christmas music
- Vocal scores
- Von Stade, Frederica > Musical settings
- Musical settings
- Sacred music
- Arrangements (Music)
- Housman, A. E (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936 > Musical settings
- Art music
- Genre/Form
- Christmas music.
- Songs.
- Sacred music.
- Art music.
- Vocal scores.
- Arrangements (Music)
- Musical settings.
- Note
- Originally for mezzo soprano and string orchestra; arrangement for voice and piano.
- Composed for Frederica von Stade and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
- Commissioned by the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
- Premiered in San Francisco, December 1996.
- Language (note)
- English words also printed separately as text.
- Contents
- Prologue. The night is freezing fast / [words] by A.E. Housman -- The car ride to Christmas / [words] by Frederica von Stade -- Good King merrily on high / traditional ; arranged by Jake Heggie -- I wonder as I wander / traditional ; arranged by Jake Heggie (uses elements of I wonder as I wander by John Jacob Niles) -- The road to Bethlehem / [words] by Emily Dickinson -- And then the setting sun / [words] by Frederica von Stade -- Christmas time of year / [words and music] by Jake Heggie.
- Call Number
- JNG 16-124
- OCLC
- 934658530
- Author
- Heggie, Jake, 1961- composer, arranger of music, author.
- Title
- On the road to Christmas : for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra / music by Jake Heggie ; poems by Emily Dickinson, Jake Heggie, A.E. Housman, and Frederica von Stade.
- Publisher
- [San Francisco, California] : Bent Pen Music, Inc., [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©1996
- Edition
- Piano/vocal score.
- Type of Content
- notated music
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- English words also printed separately as text.Staff notation.
- Added Author
- Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936, author.Von Stade, Frederica, author.Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, author.New Century Chamber Orchestra, commissioning body.
- Publisher No.
- 894PV Bent Pen Music
- Research Call Number
- JNG 16-124