Anvils of roses (1983)

op.109

( Let us make anvils of roses, lullabies of granite )

Effinger, Cecil Stanley (1914-1990) [ USA ]

Text by Ferril, Thomas Hornsby (1896-1988) [USA]
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Number of pages : 39
Type of material: Full score
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 20th century  (1980-1989)
Genre-Style-Form: Secular
Mood of the piece: expansive
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: Brass Sextet  (6 instrumental part(s))
Instruments: Horn (2) ; Trumpet (2) ; Trombone (2)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): A
Tonality: Tonal centers
Duration: 7.0 min.
Musicological Sources: American Music Research Center ; Cecil Effinger Archive Box 46 ; University of Colorado, Boulder
Data about the life of the work: Prem: 13 April 1983; Gunnison, CO; Concert Choir and Brass Ensemble of Western State College, Harvy Harriman and John Kincaid, directors. Commissioned WSC Foundation.