Voice Part (Sopran) and 2 Flutes (Voice And Ensemble) - difficult SKU: HL.49033024
Text by James Joyce. Composed by Harry Partch. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Performance score, Faksimile-Edition. Composed 1944. 14 pages. Duration 3'. Schott Music #ED9346. Published by Schott Music (HL.49033024). ISBN 9790001130479. UPC: 841886029453. 8.5x11.75x0.075 inches. English.
Harry Partch met soprano Ethel Luening in 1942 and two years later composed this work for her. Initial performances featured Luening as soprano with Partch playing his kithara, and composer Henry Brant playing double flageolet; Partch would eventually replace the double flageolet with two flutes. The use of the complex text from James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake contrasts strongly with Partch's other works at the time, which used texts from Partch's experiences as a transient or from authors like Thomas Wolfe.