CRANE SONGS
Instrumentation: voice and piano
Poems by: Stephen Crane
Duration: 7 minutes
Composed: 2015
Commissioned by: SubCulture Arts Underground, New York
Premiere: April 28, 2015 by Matthew Worth (baritone), Adriana Zabala (mezzo-soprano), and Gregg Kallor at SubCulture New York
Stephen Crane is a great storyteller. He’s probably best known for his Civil War novel, “The Red Badge of Courage,” and he brings the same keen observer’s eye to his sharp poems. These songs paints scenes in which the narrator experiences something a shocking, reflects, and responds – with empathy, and calm swagger.
Crane Songs:
A man said to the universe
In the desert
I saw a man pursuing the horizon
Think as I think
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