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Table of Contents:

• The yellow moon of Andalusia : Spanish songbook III : for mezzo-soprano and amplified piano (17:52)
• Eine kleine Mitternachtmusik = A little midnight music : ruminations on 'Round midnight by Thelonious Monk : for amplified piano (18:56)
• Celestial mechanics : cosmic dances : for amplified piano, four hands (19:57)
• Yesteryear : a vocalise for mezzo-soprano, amplified piano and percussion (10:59).

Author/Creator:

Crumb, George , composer

Contributors:

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 , author

Arnold, Tony, 1966- , singer

Barone, Marcantonio, 1962- , instrumentalist

Nelson, David P. (David Paul), 1950- , instrumentalist

Kerrigan, William (Percussionist) , instrumentalist

Monk, Thelonious

Quattro Mani (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

1st work sung in English; 4th work sung chiefly in vocables, with brief sections in English.

Main Work:

George Crumb [by Crumb, G.] > Volume 18

Included Works:

Yellow moon of Andalusia [by Crumb, G.]

Kleine Mitternachtmusik [by Crumb, G.]

Celestial mechanics [by Crumb, G.]

Yesteryear [by Crumb, G.]

Related Works:

(Kleine Mitternachtmusik) Based on: 'Round midnight [by Monk, T.]

Related Series:

Works [of Crumb, G.] (Complete); v. 18 (1991)

Subjects:

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 — Musical settings

Songs (High voice) with piano

Song cycles

Piano music

Piano music (4 hands)

Vocalises (High voice) with instrumental ensemble

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936

Genres:

Songs

Song cycles

Art music

Musical settings

Vocalises

Performers:

Tony Arnold, soprano (1st, 4th works) ; Marcantonio Barone, piano (1st-2nd, 4th works) ; Quattro Mani (Steven Beck, Susan Grace, piano) (3rd work) ; David Nelson, William Kerrigan, percussion (4th work).

Performance Medium:

2 performers: soprano voice doubling percussion; piano [amplified]
1 performer: piano
2 performers: piano (2) [piano, 4 hands / amplified]
4 performers: soprano voice; piano [amplified]; percussion (2)

General Notes:

1st work is a song cycle (words by Federico García Lorca); singer doubles on percussion instruments.
(1st, 2nd, 4th works) recorded 2016 June 12-14 Lang Performing Arts Center, Swarthmore College.
(3rd work) recorded 2016 August 25 Packard Hall, Colorado College.
Program notes by Steven Bruns and biographical notes on the performers in English, and poem for 1st work in Spanish with the sung English translation (27 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Title from disc label.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (67:56) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 161,031

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 090404947629
Publisher Number, Bridge: BRIDGE 9476
Publisher Number, Bridge: 9476

OCLC Numbers:

993102201