American songs.
- Title
- American songs.
- Published by
- Chicago, Il : Çedille, [2006], ℗2006.
- Author
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- Description
- 1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Alternative title
- Four songs in fraudulent French from Mother Goose.
- Subject
- Contents
- An immorality (1:01) ; What if (2:02) ; The message (3:12) ; The shepherd (1:55) ; In the wand of the wind (1:09) / Lee Hoiby -- O del mio dolce ardoe - A reimagining (4:21) / Laurie Altman -- Branch by branch (1:53) ; Homesick blues (3:00) ; The wider view (4:10) / Leslie Adams -- Who has seen the wind (1:42) / Lita Grier -- Perineo (5:10) / Libby Larsen -- Amarilli, mia bella (4:57) / Richard Pearson Thomas -- Beginning my studies (4:15) / Robert Carl -- Dove sta amore: Maybe (1:58) ; Sea chest (1:45) ; The hangman at home (2:56) ; How many little children sleep (3:37) ; Dove sta amore... (5:29) / John Musto -- Three lyrics of Edna St. Vincent Millay: God's world (3:14) ; Wrath (3:03) ; Afternoon on a hill (1:22) / Eric Ewazen -- Mots d'heures, Gousses, rames ( Four songs in fraudulent French from Mother Goose): Un petit d'un petit (0:47) ; Chacun gille (0:41) ; Lit-elle messe moffete (0:31) ; Eau la quille ne colle (1:11) / Dan Tucker -- Bingo (2:35) / Robert Bowker -- Light feet (3:34) / John Harmon.
- Note
- All tracks except 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-11 are world premiere recordings.
- "Perineo" is an example of macaronic poetry.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by Patrice Michaels, song texts with translations and biographical material on the performers and composers (23 p. : port.) inserted in container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded July 27 & 29, 2004 and May 23 & 25, 2005 at WFMT, Chicago.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English, Italian, Spanish and "French."