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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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Musical recordingUse in library CD26931Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Wellman, Mac
  • Thiele, Beverly O'Regan
  • Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
  • Harlem String Quartet, instrumentalist. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr
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