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Author:

Adams, John Luther, 1953- composer.

Title:

In the name of the Earth : (South) / John Luther Adams.

Publisher:

Taiga Press ;

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

1 score (91 pages) ; 21 x 30 cm

Subject:

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with percussion.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
North America--Songs and music.
Earth (Planet)--Songs and music.
North America.
Art music.
Chorus scores.
Scores.
Songs and music.
Art music.
Scores.

Other Authors:

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, commissioning body.

Other Titles:

In the name of the Earth. South

Notes:

Cover title. For choirs of 4 to 8 parts, in different combinations of SATB, with the singers utilizing small hand-held percussion instruments (rubbed stones, rattles, and small bells). This score includes only 6 parts of 24 part mixed chorus; scores for East, North, and West are available separately. Includes piano part for rehearsal only. Composer's note and performance note in English. In the name of the earth is a celebration of this beauthiful planet earth. It is a musical atlas of North America. This work is scored for four choirs that evoke the landscapes and waterscapes of the North, South, East and West. It may be performed outdoors or indoors, but in either setting the choirs should be widely separated from one another (the information taken from program notes by composer). This work is an atlas of the southern section of North America, and the text is taken from place names, plant names and other geographic and geologic features. "April 28 2018"--Page 2. Premiered August 11, 2018, in New York City, conducted by Simon Halsey. Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Duration: approximately 45 min.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1121195960

EAN:

5020679283271

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)