Irreveries from Sappho
Elizabeth Vercoe
About this work:
"hugely funny, elegant" (The Post-Standard, Ithaca)
For SSA and piano. The titles of the three songs are: Andromeda Rag, Older Woman Blues, and Boogie for Leda. Note: There are also unpublished versions available for two sopranos & piano and for mandolin & piano. Irreveries is wickedly satiric and full of musical jokes and parodies.
Published by Arsis Press (arsispress.com).
Version: choral version
Year composed: 1981
Duration: 00:07:00
Ensemble type: Chorus, with or without Solo Voices:Chorus with Keyboard
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 S, 1 SS, 1 A
Instrumentation notes: SSA and piano with one short spoken solo.