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Three city blocks Music for eighteen winds

Title
Three city blocks [sound recording] ; Music for eighteen winds / John Harbison. Arctic dreams / Michael Colgrass.
Author
Harbison, John.
Publication
Baton Rouge, LA : Centaur, p1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Battisti, Frank L.
  • Colgrass, Michael.
  • New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble. prf
  • New England Conservatory Chorus. prf
Description
1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
City blocks
Alternative Title
  • City blocks
  • 3 city blocks
  • Music for eighteen winds.
  • Arctic dreams.
Subject
  • Band music
  • Symphonic poems (Band)
  • Arctic regions > Songs and music
Note
  • Principally for band; the 3rd work is a symphonic poem for chorus and band.
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes by the composers (7 p.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Nov. 22, 1994, Feb. 21 and Apr. 7, 1995, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass.
Language (note)
  • Vocal portions of the 3rd work principally wordless.
Contents
Three city blocks. Fervent and resolute ; Tough, driving ; With relentless energy (15:00) ; Music for eighteen winds (12:32) / John Harbison -- Arctic dreams. Inuit landscape ; Throat singing with laughter ; The whispering voices of the spirits who ride with the lights in the sky ; Polar night ; Spring light : ice floating in the sun ; The hunt ; Drum dancer / Michael Colgrass (31:00).
LCCN
044747228822
OCLC
  • ocm36220800
  • 36220800
  • SCSB-5531778
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries