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Table of Contents:

• Always singing / Dale Warland; text by Fred Mitchell, paraphrased by the composer (2:42)
• Chanson éloignée / Morten Lauridsen; text by Rainer Maria Rilke (5:20)
• O Love, be fed with apples while you may / Lauridsen; text by Robert Graves (2:10)
• Love, thricewise. Liquor and lacquer (1:28) ; An amethyst remembrance (2:24) ; Kinsfolk (1:50) / Joseph Gregorio; texts by Witter Bynner, Emily Dickinson, and Sidney Lanier
• Pentecost / Michael Rickelton; text by Dana Gioia (6:12)
• Snow (the king's trumpeter) (5:02) ; When all is done (9:28) / John Muehleisen; text of 2nd work by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• The bluebird / Norman Dello Joio; text by Joseph Machlis (4:41)
• Two river nocturnes. Prairie waters by night (5:44) ; River moons (7:00) / Muehleisen; texts by Carl Sandburg
• Little birds (3:26) ; Water night (4:31) / Eric Whitacre; texts by Octavio Paz
• Fire! / John Orfe; text by Langston Hughes (5:28)
• Song of the open road / Dello Joio; text adapted from Walt Whitman (8:40).

Contributors:

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 , author

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 , author

Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 , author

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 , author

Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 , author

Gioia, Dana , author

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 , author

Machlis, Joseph, 1906-1998 , author

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 , author

Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998 , author

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 , author

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 , author

Navarro, Maria Cristina , singer

Barsamian, Aram , singer

Cossey, Carver , singer

Perkins, Barry , instrumentalist

Clemensen, David , instrumentalist

Alexander, John, 1944- , conductor

Warland, Dale

Lauridsen, Morten, 1943-

Gregorio, Joseph, 1979-

Rickelton, Michael

Muehleisen, John, 1955-

Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008

Whitacre, Eric, 1970-

Orfe, John

John Alexander Singers , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

Sung primarily in English ; track 2 sung in French ; track 13 sung in Spanish.

Included Works:

Always singing [by Warland, D.]

Chanson éloignée [by Lauridsen, M.]

Mid-winter songs [by Lauridsen, M.] > O love, be fed with apples while you may

Love, thricewise [by Gregorio, J.]

Pentecost [by Rickelton, M.]

Snow [by Muehleisen, J.]

When all is done [by Muehleisen, J.]

Bluebird [by Dello Joio, N.]

River nocturnes [by Muehleisen, J.]

Little birds [by Whitacre, E.]

Water night [by Whitacre, E.]

Fire! [by Orfe, J.]

Song of the open road [by Dello Joio, N.]

Other Related Resources:

Source record: American voices (OCLC Number 890322134)

Subjects:

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 — Musical settings

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 — Musical settings

Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 — Musical settings

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 — Musical settings

Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 — Musical settings

Gioia, Dana — Musical settings

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 — Musical settings

Machlis, Joseph, 1906-1998 — Musical settings

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 — Musical settings

Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998 — Musical settings

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 — Musical settings

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 — Musical settings

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with trumpet

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881

Gioia, Dana

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906

Machlis, Joseph, 1906-1998

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967

Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Genres:

Musical settings

Performers:

Maria Cristina Navarro, soprano (track 15) ; Aram Barsamian, baritone (track 2) ; Carver Cossey, bass (track 15) ; Barry Perkins, trumpet (tracks 8-9, 15-16) ; David Clemensen, piano (tracks 3, 10, 13, 16) ; John Alexander Singers ; John Alexander, conductor.

Production Credits:

Ted Ancona, recording engineer ; Matthew Snyder, editing, mixing and mastering ; Brian Sullivan and Ryan McSweeney, associate producers ; Richard Messenger, producer ; Carol Rosenberger, executive producer.

Performance Medium:

Mixed chorus
Mixed chorus; piano
Mixed chorus; trumpet
Mixed chorus; trumpet; piano
1 ensemble: mixed chorus
1 performer and 1 ensemble: mixed chorus; piano
1 performer and 1 ensemble: mixed chorus; trumpet
2 performers and 1 ensemble: mixed chorus; trumpet; piano

General Notes:

Choral music, primarily unaccompanied ; tracks 3, 10, 13 with piano ; tracks 8-9, 15 with trumpet ; track 16 with trumpet and piano.
Recorded 2012 March 13-14, 18, Meng Concert Hall, Clayes Performing Arts Center, California State University, Fullerton.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447301
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447302
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447303
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447304
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447305
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447306
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447307
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447308
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447309
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447310
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447311
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447312
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447313
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447314
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447315
International Standard Recording Code: USASX1447316
Publisher Number, Delos: DE3473

OCLC Numbers:

919620763