Abstract
Portrait of America (2016-2018) is comprised of 5 tracks on the CD, New Art Song of the Pacific Rim. Portrait of America draws together, through music, the poems of four American writers. Two of the poems have become popular and are better known than their writers, but for the other two, the writers are better known than the poems. The songs, a cycle ending with a reprise of the first song, celebrate American writing of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries while exploring the colours and moods of the tenor voice and piano. The songs were composed for American tenor, Kevin Hanrahan. Diana Blom is the composer and pianist. Track 15 - The Last Song - poem by Hartley Burr Alexander ; Track 16 - Indian Prayer - poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye ; Track 17 - I am the Little Irish Boy - poem by Henry David Thoreau ; Track 18 - A shadow - poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Track 19 - The Last Song (Reprise) - poem by Hartley Burr Alexander.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Wollongong, N.S.W. |
| Publisher | Wirripang Media |
| Size | MP3 files : 12 min, 20 sec. |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- songs with piano