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The difficulty of crossing a field
- Title
- The difficulty of crossing a field / David Lang, Mac Wellman.
- Author
- Lang, David (David A.)
- Publication
- Brooklyn, N.Y. : Cantaloupe Music, [2015]
- ℗2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musical recording | Use in library | CD26931 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 audio disc (76 min., 19 sec.) : CD audio; 4 3/4 in.
- Subject
- Operas
- Genre/Form
- Operas.
- Note
- For vocal soloists, small chorus and string quartet.
- Title from disc label.
- Music by David Lang ; libretto by Mac Wellman.
- Based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce.
- Libretto in English (25 unnumbered pages) inserted in container.
- Contents
- Opening (2:26) -- Scene [belladonna]: the first telling (8:40) -- Interlude 1--today is the day (1:40) -- Scene [monkshood]: the second telling (6:22) -- Interlude 2 (1:09) -- Scene [poison hemlock]: the third telling (10:48) -- Scene [poison ivy]: the fourth telling (12:01) -- Scene [loco weed]: the fifth telling (10:53) -- Interlude 3--the disappearance (2:22) -- Scene [black nightshade]: the sixth telling (5:00) -- Wordless prayer of thanks (1:09) -- Scene [foxglove]: the seventh telling (13:49).
- LCCN
- 713746310721
- OCLC
- ocn912289534
- 912289534
- SCSB-13644022
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries