Vignettes - Covered Wagon Woman : For Mezzo-Soprano, Violin, Cello and Piano.

Contents: 1. The Allure of the West -- 2. Prologue to the Journal -- 3. There's a Lady -- 4. Considerable Excitement -- 5. The Face of the Earth -- 6. Buffalo Chase -- 7. The Sioux Tribe and the White Squaw -- 8. Lost Boy -- 9. Upon Them She Depended -- 10. The Mountain -- 11. Margaret's Dream -- 12. Here We Are -- 13. Epilogue to the Journal. With program and biographical notes. The music sets texts from the daily journal of Margaret Ann Alsip Frink, 1850. Commissioned for Stephanie Blythe and Warren Jones and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center by Music Accord. Premiered in New York, February 2008 by Stephanie Blythe, Ani Kavafian, Priscilla Lee, and Warren Jones.

2 scores (2x101 p.) + 2 parts (25, 21 p.); 28 cm.
Language: English
Edition Number: CVR 4382
Distributor Number: CVR4382