Five Poems of Emily Dickinson

Armstrong, Tom

Duration

10m 00s

Composed

1989

Instrumentation

Duo

Scoring

sop, pf

Availability

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About the work

The five poems set are: 1. The Mushroom… 2. My wheel is in the dark 3. Just lost when I was saved 4. The Wind began to knead the Grass 5. I died for beauty

First Performance: York University Students, 1989

Technical notes

The vocal line has good rhythmic and pitch support from the piano, and does not use extreme ranges of the voice.