The Star in the Pail (2004)

Earth Song - A Thing That I Love - Epitaph for a Waiter - The Cow Has a Cud - The Starfish - The Star in the Pail

... To Elliot Forbes, Maestro of the Meistersingers ...

Perera, Ronald (born in 1941) [ USA ]

Text by McCord, David (1897-1997) [USA]
Edition
Published by Pear Tree Press Music Publishers [USA] , 2005
Ref. : E1928  (27 p.)
Type of material: Full score
Copyright : Ronald Perera
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 21st century  (2001-2010)
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Contemporary
Mood of the piece: whimsical ; crisp ; brash ; humorous ; flowing ; calm
Type of Choir: SATB OR SSAA OR TTBB  (4 men OR mixed OR children OR women voices )
Instrumentation: Piano  (1 instrumental part(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Tonality: tonal ; diatonic
Duration: 10.0 min.
Comment(s): A setting of six poems of David McCord. The poetry is mostly whimsical or humorous. Commissioned by the MeistUrsingers (sic) of the Tavern Club, Boston, and premiered by them on April 14, 2005. It is available in TTBB, SSAA, and SATB versions.