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Table of Contents:

• 1. He was and she was / music by David Lang ; text by David Lang (after Gottfried von Strassburg)
• Break #1 / music by David Lang ; words by David Lang (after Beroul)
• 2. Dureth / music by David Lang ; text by Sir Thomas Malory
• 3. A different man / music by David Lang ; story by Lydia Davis
• 4. The wood and the vine / words and music by David Lang (after Marie de France)
• 5. Right and wrong / music by David Lang ; text by Lydia Davis
• 6. You will love me / words and music by David Lang (after Gottfried von Strassburg)
• 7. Forbidden subjects / music by David Lang ; text by Lydia Davis
• 8. As love grows stronger / music by David Lang ; text by David Lang (after Gottfried von Strassburg)
• Break #2 : instrumental / music by David Lang
• 9. The outing / music by David Lang ; text by Lydia Davis
• 10. I live in pain / music by David Lang ; text by David Lang (after Contessa de Dia)
• 11. Head, heart / music by David Lang ; text by Lydia Davis
• Break #3 / music by David Lang (after Thomas of Britain and the Yom Kippur liturgy)
• 12. Mild light / music by David Lang ; text by David Lang (after Richard Wagner).

Author/Creator:

Lang, David (David A.) , composer, lyricist

Contributors:

Davis, Lydia, 1947- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English words; also printed as text.
Staff notation.

Main Work:

Love fail: for four singers [by Lang, D.]

Included Works:

Love fail [by Lang, D.]

Subjects:

Davis, Lydia, 1947- — Musical settings

Lang, David (David A.) — Musical settings

Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied

Davis, Lydia, 1947-

Lang, David (David A.)

Lang, David

Genres:

Art music

Songs

Scores

Musical settings

Performance Medium:

4 performers: soprano voice doubling cymbal [suspended sizzle]; soprano voice doubling glockenspiel; alto voice doubling percussion; alto voice doubling percussion
10 performers: soprano voice (2); alto voice (2); percussion (6)

General Notes:

For soprano (doubling suspended sizzle cymbal), soprano (doubling glockenspiel), alto (doubling ratchet and woodblock), and alto (doubling conch shell and bass drum); all voices and instruments should be amplified.
"After Gottfried von Strassburg, Beroul, Sir Thomas Malory, Marie de France, Beatriz Contessa de Dia, Thomas of Britain, the Yom Kippur liturgy, and Richard Wagner."
Includes performance lyrics, notes, and preface in English.
Duration: approximately 55 minutes.

Physical Description:

1 score ([xiv], 97 pages) ; 31 cm

Call Numbers:

M1529.5.L364 L6 2020

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Red Poppy Music: RNY 1081

OCLC Numbers:

1236023582