Commissioned by Music Accord, Inc. Premiered in Washington, D.C., March 2001, by Florence Quivar and J. J. Penna.
Contents:
Part one. They say I was born old ; Martha and Maria ; White waves ; Paris, c'est la ville vivante ; The master brings music to his sitting room ; I was carrying a tray when he called me -- Part two. They say I was born old ; Come back to America ; Back home at Monticello ; Purple hyacinth begins to bloom ; My sister ghost -- Part three. Peonies, a perfume box ; Mister, our child is frail ; A dark winter blue-black evening ; Old shoe! Old shoe! -- Part four. A wild man home from the woods ; Papers! ; Night watch till early morn ; If I take my freedom ; Dear children.
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