Three Haiku and a Poem - Score Only Chamber Music - Digital Sheet Music

SKU: A0.1287580

Score only (see A878605 for parts). Duration: 8 min., Score 26 pp. Description: (According to the composer) Three Haiku and a Poem are just that, a four-song cycle for baritone voice and chamber orchestra. Based on 3 texts written by me and a fourth, a poem by the famous ancient Greek poet Sappho. The former were written when I was in grade school studying the well-known 5-7-5 syllable structure of Japanese haiku. I note with bemusement that I had cheated somewhat by providing leading titles which in themselves are at times longer than one of the tersely limited lines. The poem by Sappho was also one I had discovered in my own handwriting such that at first I did not remember who wrote such a splendid verse. All four were "discovered," so to speak, by me from my more distant youth and set to music when I myself had just turned 21. There are four movements, "Ina Cabin by the Sea" - "Indoors" - "An Evening Request" - "Alone". Total 8 minutes.