A Modest Proposal
Victoria Bond
About this work:
Premiere: April 1, 1999, Greenwich House, New York, NY
Paul Sperry, Edward Niemann
Commentary: Using Jonathan Swift's satiric essay as text, Bond weaves fragments of familiar nursery songs together to produce a potent blend of humor and horror.
Reviews: "A shocker...provocative and outrageous"
--Wilma Salisbury, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Year composed: 1999
Duration: 00:20:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Solo Voice with Keyboard
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, ,1 Tenor soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: Theodore Presser Company
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