| Other author/creator | Blue, Angel, 1984- dedicatee. |
| Other author/creator | Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 author. |
| Other author/creator | Swett, Katherine, author. |
| Other author/creator | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 author. |
| Other author/creator | Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 author. |
| Other author/creator | Joyce, James, 1882-1941, author. |
| Contents |
You are water / [text by] Rumi -- Song in flood time / [text by] Katherine Barrett Swett -- Feste's song from Twelfth Night / [text by] Shakespeare -- Water facts (var. sites) -- Like rain it sounded till it curved / [text by] Emily Dickinson -- All day I hear the noise of waters / [text by] James Joyce. |
| Abstract |
Water Songs is a group of six songs about water in various forms, from rain to the human brain. The poems range from the lyrical poetry of Katherine Barrett Swett, Emily Dickinson, and James Joyce to a comical verse by Shakespeare, a spiritual meditation by the Persian poet Rumi, and a thought-provoking list of water facts and statistics. Written especially for soprano Angel Blue after Bruce Adolphe had discovered she had been frequently already performing some of his other works (including Valley Girl in Love from his song cycle A Thousand Years of Love). Angel gave the world premiere on May 15, 2021 with Bryan Wagorn on piano in a concert offered by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. |
| General note | Includes program notes, biographical information, and comments from music reviewer David Wright. |
| General note | Dedicated to Angel Blue. |
| General note | Water songs was premiered by Angel Blue and Bryan Wagorn at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York on May 15, 2021, as part of Restart Stages. |
| General note | Duration: approximately 17 minutes. |
| Language | English words also printed as text. |
| UPC |
840126969924 |
| Publisher number | X814053 Keiser |
| Publisher number | HL00369012 Hal Leonard |
