Syringa : for mezzo-soprano, bass, guitar, alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet (also B♭ clar.), trombone, percussion (one player), violin, viola, 'cello, bass, piano / [music by] Elliott Carter ; English poem by John Ashbery ; texts in Classical Greek by Sappho, Ibycus, Mimnermus, and others cho
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Ashbery, John, 1927-2017
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American poet and editor of Art & Literature. From the description of The Tennis Court Oath galley proof, 1961. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122685058 The letters cover a span starting two days after Ashbery and Gregg graduated from Deerfield Academy, and continue through the following summers and during a period of time when Gregg was drafted into the Army and served in postwar Eur...
Carter, Elliott
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Composer and writer on music. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 8, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861514 Commissioned by the Ballet Caravan, 1939. Composed 1939. A suite called "Suite from Pocahontas, ' consisting of 4 excerpts drawn from this ballet and provided with new endings and introductions, received the Juilliard Publication Award, 1940. First performance by the Ballet Caravan, in ...