Greyed Sonnets
Judith Lang Zaimont
About this work:
Greyed Sonnets: Five Serious Songs (1975)
For soprano and piano (14')
"Soliloquy" (Millay)
"Let It Be Forgotten" (Sarah Teasdale)
"A Season's Song" (Millay)
"Love's Autumn" (Millay)
"Entreaty" (Christina Rossetti)
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
"Soliloquy" issued separately by Galaxy Music (E.C. Schirmer) in American Art Song Anthology, Vol.I
First Performance: CAMI Hall, NYC, November 1975
Other Performances: Around the world
"Judith Lang Zaimont's 'Greyed Sonnets', a fine setting of five poems, is strongly emotional, suiting the texts, yet carefully constructed."
-- (Raymond Ericson) The New York Times
"A very moving cycle to women poets by Judith Zaimont."
-- (John Rockwell) The New York Times
"Fascinating variation of expressions."
-- NATS Journal
Year composed: 1975
Duration: 00:14:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Solo Voice with Keyboard
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Soprano