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Author/Creator:

Adams, John Luther, 1953- , composer

Contributors:

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts , commissioning body

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English words, also printed separately as text.
Staff notation.

Main Work:

In the name of the Earth: (East) [by Adams, J.L.]

Included Works:

In the name of the earth [by Adams, J.L.] > East

Subjects:

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with percussion

North America — Songs and music

Earth (Planet) — Songs and music

North America

Earth (Planet)

Genres:

Art music

Scores

Songs and music

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: mixed chorus [SSSAATTB]
8 ensembles: mixed chorus (8)

General Notes:

For mixed choir (SSSAATTB), with the singers utilizing small hand-held percussion instruments (rubbed stones, rattles, and small bells).
Includes program and performance notes in English.
Includes piano reduction for rehearsal only.
"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. There are four "regional" scores, one for each of the four choirs..."--Performance notes.
One of four works composed in celebration of planet Earth, scored for massed voices and intended for outdoor performance. This work is an atlas of the eastern section of North America, and the text is taken from place names, plant names and other geographic and geologic features.
Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Premiered August 11, 2018 in New York City.
"April 28 2018"--Page 2.
Duration: approximately 45 min.

Physical Description:

1 score (91 pages) ; 21 x 30 cm

Call Numbers:

M1582.A41 I57 2018

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 5020679283264
Publisher Number, Chester Music, Ltd.: CH87692-02

OCLC Numbers:

1111970672