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Mostly about love

Title
  1. Mostly about love / Virgil Thomson.
Published by
  1. Saxonville, MA : Northeastern, [1994], ℗1994.
Author
  1. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989

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Additional authors
  1. Armstrong, Nancy (Soprano)
  2. Fortunato, D'Anna
  3. Kelley, Frank
  4. Kirby, Paul (Tenor)
  5. Sylvan, Sanford
  6. Ripley, David (Baritone)
  7. Smith, James Russell
  8. Tommasini, Anthony, 1948-
  9. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Description
  1. 1 audio disc (78 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Series statement
  1. Classical arts
Uniform title
  1. Vocal music. Selections
  2. Classical arts.
Alternative title
  1. Vocal music.
Subject
  1. Vocal quartets with piano
  2. Operas > Excerpts, Arranged
  3. Songs with piano
  4. Songs (High voice) with percussion
Contents
  1. Susie Asado (Stein) (1:41) -- Pigeons on the grass alas (Stein) (3:19) -- Praises and prayers: From "The canticle of the sun" (St Francis of Assisi, trans. M. Arnold) (5:08) ; My master hath a garden (1:30) ; Sung by the shepherds (Crashaw) (3:58) ; Before sleeping (1:55) ; Jerusalem my happy home (based on St. Augustine) (4:46) -- Five phrases from the Song of Solomon: Thou that dwellest in the gardens (0:40) ; Return, O Shulamite (1:00) ; O, my dove (0:52) ; I am my beloved's (0:47) ; By night (1:29) -- Mostly about love (Koch) : Love song (2:27) ; Down at the docks (2:09) ; Let's take a walk (1:27) ; A prayer to St. Catherine (2:40) -- Commentaire sur Saint Jérome (Marquis de Sade) (1:02) -- From "Sneden's Landing variations" (O'Hara) (1:50) -- Shakespeare songs: Was this fair face the cause? (2:14); Take, O, take those lips away (2:12) ; Tell me where is fancy bred (1:20) ; Sigh no more, ladies (2:08) -- Oraison funèbre de Henriette-Marie de France, reine de la Grande-Bretagne (Bossuet) (13:28) -- Capital capitals (Stein) (16:57).
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Principally for voice and piano; the 4th work for voice and percussion; the last work for vocal quartet (TTBarB)--and piano.
  2. The 2nd work is an opera excerpt, arr. by the composer for voice and piano.
  3. Compact disc.
  4. Biographical and program notes by Anthony Tommasini and texts (31 p.)--inserted in container.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded July and Sept. 1993 at the Campion Center, Weston, MA.
Language (note)
  1. Sung in English and French.