Counting-Out Rhyme
Arlene Sierra
About this work: COUNTING-OUT RHYME
Silver bark of beech, and sallow
Bark of yellow birch and yellow
Twig of willow.
Stripe of green in moosewood maple,
Colour seen in leaf of apple,
Bark of popple.
Wood of popple pale as moonbeam,
Wood of oak for yoke and barn-beam,
Wood of hornbeam.
Silver bark of beech, and hollow
Stem of elder, tall and yellow
Twig of willow.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892-1950
Based on the Millay poem, Counting-Out Rhyme was commissioned by the Pur Oder Plus Festival (Hamburg, Germany) in 2002.
Year composed: 2002
Duration: 00:05:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Keyboard plus One Instrument
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Cello