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On the road to Christmas : for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra / music by Jake Heggie ; poems by Emily Dickinson, Jake Heggie, A.E. Housman, and Frederica von Stade.
LIBRA M2103.3.H44 O5 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Heggie, Jake, 1961- composer, arranger of music, author.
- Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936, author.
- Von Stade, Frederica, author.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
- Heggie, Jake, 1961-.
- Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980.
- Von Stade, Frederica.
- Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.
- Christmas music.
- Sacred songs (Medium voice) with string orchestra--Scores.
- Sacred songs (Medium voice) with string orchestra.
- Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936--Musical settings.
- Housman, A. E.
- Von Stade, Frederica--Musical settings.
- Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980--Musical settings.
- Niles, John Jacob.
- Heggie, Jake, 1961---Musical settings.
- Heggie, Jake.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Musical settings.
- Dickinson, Emily.
- Genre:
- Christmas music.
- Scores.
- Musical settings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (43 pages) ; 31 cm
- Edition:
- Full score.
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, California] : Bent Pen Music, Inc., [2015]
- Language Note:
- Staff notation.
- English words also printed separately as text.
- Contents:
- Prologue. The night is freezing fast / [words] by A.E. Housman
- 1. The car ride to Christmas / [words] by Frederica von Stade
- 2. Good King merrily on high / Traditional ; arranged by Jake Heggie
- 3. I wonder as I wander / Traditional ; arranged by Jake Heggie (uses elements of I wonder as I wander by John Jacob Niles)
- 4. The road to Bethlehem / [words] by Emily Dickinson
- 5. And then the setting sun / [words] by Frederica von Stade
- 6. Christmas time of year / [words and music] by Jake Heggie.
- Notes:
- Composed for Frederica von Stade and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
- Premiered in San Francisco, December 1996.
- Commissioned by the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
- OCLC:
- 934658529
- Publisher Number:
- 894FS Bent Pen Music, Inc.
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