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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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Additional Authors
  • Scheer, Gene
  • Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931
  • Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988
  • Prejean, Helen
  • Weatherly, F. E. (Frederic Edward), 1848-1929
  • Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936
  • Kirchschlager, Angelika
  • Lammerts van Bueren, Maurice
  • Heggie, Jake, 1961-
Description
1 audio disc (52:35); 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Songs. Selections
Alternative Title
Songs.
Subjects
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