Chamber Music Baritone
Voice, Piano
SKU:
PR.141400940
For
Baritone Voice and
Piano. Composed by
Lauren Bernofsky.
Performance Score. With
Standard notation. 16
pages. Duration 9:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#141-40094. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.141400940).
UPC:
680160639571. 9 x 12
inches. Text: Paula Gunn
Allen. Paula
Allen.
A dynamic
and heartfelt setting of
text by Native American
poet Paula Gunn Allen,
What the Moon Said is a
multifaceted affair,
reflecting its source.
Piano reduction; Baritone
with string quartet is
also available.This
9-minute work is a
setting of the beautiful
and evocative poem of the
same name by
NativeAmerican poet Paula
Gunn Allen. Lauren
Bernofsky was drawn to
its strong, yet changing,
moods.The resulting piece
moves through several
characters: lonely and
austere; angry; warm and
content;reflective. In
between each mood the
music returns to an echo
of the opening austere
music, tyingthe piece
together into an
enchanting whole. The
composer herself is a
violinist, and so the
stringwriting is
idiomatic and highly
effective.