Spring Revels (1994)

April Rain Song - When faces called flowers float out of the ground - Spring Grass

... Winner of the Brookline Choral Composition Competition 2000 ...

Alexander, Elizabeth (born in 1962) [ USA ]

Text by Hughes, Langston (1902-1967) [USA]
Cummings, Edward Estlin (1894-1962) [USA]
Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967) [USA]
Edition
Published by Seafarer Press [USA] , 1999
Ref. : SEA-006-00  (42 p.)
Type of material: Vocal score
Copyright : Elizabeth Alexander
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 20th century  (1990-2000)
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Cycle
Mood of the piece: fast ; roguish ; playful ; gentle
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Soloist(s): Soprano (2) / Alto (1) / Tenor (1) / Baritone (1)  (5 soloist(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): D
Tonality: tonal ; clusters ; modal
Duration: 10.0 min.
Comment(s): Three songs about the gentleness, delight and unpredictibility of spring.