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Mark-Anthony Turnage (Composer) | Thomas Hardy (Text writer) | Stevie Smith (Text writer)

Three Animal Songs

for baritone and piano
texts by Stevie Smith, Thomas Hardy and Walt Whitman
Product number: ED 12746
Edition: Performing score
Series: Edition Schott
€16.50
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Description

Turnage has a natural affinity for the voice. This is shown here with the use of classic texts by Stevie Smith (The Singing Cat), Thomas Hardy (Last Words) and Walt Whitman (Song of Myself). These 3 Songs were written for Gerald Finley who created the role of Harry Heagan in Turnage’s highly successful opera ”The Silver Tassie”.

Content

I The Singing Cat (text by Stevie Smith)
II Mourned (text from Last Words to a Dumb Friend by Thomas Hardy)
III Last Words (text from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman)

More Information

Title:
Three Animal Songs
for baritone and piano
texts by Stevie Smith, Thomas Hardy and Walt Whitman
Language:
English
Edition:
Performing score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2000
Duration:
7 ′0 ′′
Voice:
baritone
World Premiere:
October 2, 2000 · London (UK)
Wigmore Hall
Gerald Finley, baritone; Julius Drake, piano

Series:
Edition Schott

Technical Details

Media Type:
Sheet music
Product number:
ED 12746
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-2236-1
Weight:
0,09 kg
Pages:
12
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Manufacturer:
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG
55116 Mainz
Germany

Persons

Mark-Anthony Turnage (Composer)

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Thomas Hardy (Text writer)

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    October 15, 2000 | New York, NY (United States of America) , Frick Museum — National Premiere
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    October 11, 2000 | Montreal, QC (Canada) — National Premiere
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