Originally scored for SATB and String Quartet. Organ reduction included. Adapted from Dante's The Divine Comedy (Paradise, Canto II and XXXIII, translated by Laurence Binyon).
From an interview with the composer: As the concluding lines of the poem make clear, the weary housewife is deaf and blind to the miracle of Orpheus and the peaceable kingdom he creates through music....
This new edition of Argento's Six Elizabethan Songs includes a composer commentary and access to companion recorded piano accompaniments online for download or streaming.
Newly engraved edition, including notes from the composer's memoir Catalogue Raisonné.
This lyric American master is celebrated in comprehensive collections of some of the greatest achievements in setting words to music in the 20th century. Fascinating, extensive essays by the composer...
