Two Whitman Songs
Brian Fennelly
About this work:
American Composers Alliance (www.composers.com); sensitive and illustrative settings of Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider" and "The Last Invocation." Originally written in the 1960s and performed by Priscilla Proxmire and the compser, the 2005 revision was premiered by Eleanor Taylor and Scott Rednour at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
Year composed: 2005
Duration: 00:05:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Solo Voice with Keyboard
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Mezzo-Soprano
Instrumentation notes: the vocal part can equally be sung by a soprano voice.