Six Japanese Songs
John Craton
About this work: Composed for Arlette de Leeuw. Soprano and piano. Six short neo-impressionist songs utilizing texts of Japanese poems translated into English.
Movements:
“Asuka”
“Two Butterflies”
“Waiting”
”Mirror-pond of Stars”
“Young Frogs”
“Sadness”
Published by Wolfhead Music.
Year composed: 2003
Duration: 00:09:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Solo Voice with Keyboard
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, ,1 Soprano soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: Atonal, neo-impressionist. (NOTE: If listening to the Scorch file through the computer, if may be necessary to adjust the tempo bar as Scorch sometimes fails to recognize metronome markings.)