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Mostly about love

Title
Mostly about love / Virgil Thomson.
Author
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
Publication
Saxonville, MA : Northeastern, [1994], ℗1994.

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  • Armstrong, Nancy (Soprano)
  • Fortunato, D'Anna
  • Kelley, Frank
  • Kirby, Paul (Tenor)
  • Sylvan, Sanford
  • Ripley, David (Baritone)
  • Smith, James Russell
  • Tommasini, Anthony, 1948-
Description
1 audio disc (78 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Classical arts
Uniform Title
  • Vocal music. Selections
  • Classical arts.
Alternative Title
Vocal music.
Subject
  • Songs with piano
  • Operas > Excerpts, Arranged
  • Songs (High voice) with percussion
  • Vocal quartets with piano
Note
  • Principally for voice and piano; the 4th work for voice and percussion; the last work for vocal quartet (TTBarB)--and piano.
  • The 2nd work is an opera excerpt, arr. by the composer for voice and piano.
  • Compact disc.
  • Biographical and program notes by Anthony Tommasini and texts (31 p.)--inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded July and Sept. 1993 at the Campion Center, Weston, MA.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English and French.
Contents
Susie Asado (Stein) (1:41) -- Pigeons on the grass alas (Stein) (3:19) -- Praises and prayers: From "The canticle of the sun" (St Francis of Assisi, trans. M. Arnold) (5:08) ; My master hath a garden (1:30) ; Sung by the shepherds (Crashaw) (3:58) ; Before sleeping (1:55) ; Jerusalem my happy home (based on St. Augustine) (4:46) -- Five phrases from the Song of Solomon: Thou that dwellest in the gardens (0:40) ; Return, O Shulamite (1:00) ; O, my dove (0:52) ; I am my beloved's (0:47) ; By night (1:29) -- Mostly about love (Koch) : Love song (2:27) ; Down at the docks (2:09) ; Let's take a walk (1:27) ; A prayer to St. Catherine (2:40) -- Commentaire sur Saint Jérome (Marquis de Sade) (1:02) -- From "Sneden's Landing variations" (O'Hara) (1:50) -- Shakespeare songs: Was this fair face the cause? (2:14); Take, O, take those lips away (2:12) ; Tell me where is fancy bred (1:20) ; Sigh no more, ladies (2:08) -- Oraison funèbre de Henriette-Marie de France, reine de la Grande-Bretagne (Bossuet) (13:28) -- Capital capitals (Stein) (16:57).
LCCN
  • 2014628045
  • 9667802502
  • 096678025025
OCLC
  • ocm31495942
  • 31495942
  • SCSB-13653914
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries