Serenade: To Music
Judith Lang Zaimont
About this work:
Serenade: To Music (1981)
Text: W.H. Auden
For chorus SSATTB (8')
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Commissioned by The Western Wind
First Performance: Florilegium Chamber Choir, June 1984
Other Performances: Great Neck Choral Society; Elmer Iseler Singers (Canada); American Music Theater Group
"A wonderful piece."
-- The Springfield (MA) Morning Union
"A serious, though nimble setting of an Auden text."
-- The Hartford Courant
"A shimmering filigree setting of W.H. Auden's 'The Composer,' with interpolated phrases by Zaimont."
-- NATS Journal
"Very refreshing music. The music effectively enhances the words' lyricism and drama."
-- American Music
Year composed: 1981
Duration: 00:08:00
Ensemble type: Chorus, with or without Solo Voices:Chorus, Unaccompanied
Instrumentation: 1 SS, 1 A, 1 TT, 1 B