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Songs and Song Cycles
NightChants (Settings of American
Indian, African and Sanskrit texts)
Countertenor, soprano, alto
Year Written: 1985
Duration: 13:00
Theme: Multicultural/India/Native American/African
Commissioned and Premiered By
Commissioned and premiered by LISTEN, Red Eye Theater, Mpls, 1985
Text: Sanskrit, graphics
child the day is over
darkness has swallowed the path
Let us sleep
Notes
The following four solos are published in the full score of NightChants for mixed vocal ensemble, listed in the CHORAL section of the catalog as well as this SONG section.
Incantation (from NightChants)
Countertenor solo
Listen on Spotify Album Sound in Spirit (Chanticleer)
Lullaby (from NightChants)
Soprano solo 3:00 • Text: Sanskrit
Chililo (from NightChants)
Alto solo 3:00 • Text: Chindau
NightChant
Countertenor solo • 4:00
Listen on Spotify Album Sound in Spirit (Chanticleer)
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