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The Moon's a gong, hung in the wild : songs by Jake Heggie
- Title
- The Moon's a gong, hung in the wild : songs by Jake Heggie / Jake Heggie.
- Author
- Heggie, Jake, 1961-
- Publication
- [London, U.K.] : Avie Records, [2015]
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | Use in library | CD27400 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 audio disc (52:35); 4 3/4 in.
- Uniform Title
- Songs. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Songs.
- Subjects
- Art music
- Songs
- Songs (Medium voice) with piano
- Musical settings
- Housman, A. E (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936 > Musical settings
- Weatherly, F. E (Frederic Edward), 1848-1929 > Musical settings
- Prejean, Helen > Musical settings
- Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 > Musical settings
- Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 > Musical settings
- Genre/Form
- Songs.
- Art music.
- Musical settings.
- Note
- Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano.
- Title from disc label.
- Booklet with English lyrics and notes in English with German and French translations (23 pages, with portraits) inserted in container.
- Credits (note)
- Guide Tichelman, recording producer and editing ; mastering by Guido Tichelman and Bastiaan Kuijt.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English.
- Contents
- Statuesque. Henry Moore: Reclining figure in elmwood (4:03) ; Pablo Picasso: Head of a woman, 1932 (2:01) ; Winged victory: we're through (5:01) / Gene Scheer -- Songs to the moon. Prologue: once more - to Gloriana (2:13) ; Part 1: fairy-tales for the children. Euclid (1:37) ; The haughty snail-king (what Uncle William told the children) (3:34) ; What the rattlesnake said (2:05) ; The moon's the north wind's cooky (what the little girl said) (1:27) ; What the scarecrow said (2:09) ; What the gray-winged fairy said (1:34) ; Yet gentle will the griffen be (what Grandpa told the children) (2:33) / Vachel Lindsay -- Winter roses. Looking West: sweet light / Raymond Carver (4:14) -- The breaking waves. Advent (2:36) ; Darkness (2:53) ; Music (3:09) / Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ -- Folk-song arrangements. Barb'ry Allen (2:54) ; He's gone away (2:33) ; Danny boy / Frederic Weatherly (3:18) -- White in the moon / A.E. Housman (2:38).
- LCCN
- 822252234923
- OCLC
- ocn918301948
- 918301948
- SCSB-13645189
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries