Three animal songs

Turnage, M.-A. (2000) Three animal songs. [Composition]

Abstract

For baritone and piano, texts by Stevie Smith, Thomas Hardy and Walt Whitman, duration 7 minutes. Three songs as follows: I) The Singing Cat (text by Stevie Smith); II) Mourned (text from Last Words to a Dumb Friend by Thomas Hardy); III) Last Words (text from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman). This work was premiered on 2 October 2000 by Gerald Finley (baritone) and Julius Drake (piano) at the Wigmore Hall, London. A performance given by Gerald Finley with Antonio Pappano (piano) at the Royal Opera House in 2020 is available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhnGXyvpClk (beginning 47:13).

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Official URL:	https://en.schott-music.com/shop/three-songs-no173...
Item Type:	Composition
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Contemporary, classical, baritone voice, piano, animals, Stevie Smith, Thomas Hardy, Walt Whitman
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music > Vocal music > Secular vocal music > One solo voice
Division:	Composition
Depositing User:	Dr Mark-Anthony Turnage
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2021 11:41
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2021 11:41
URI:	https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1944

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