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Mar012012

Against Still Life

2006, rev. 2017 | soprano/piano, also mezzo-soprano/piano version

Poem by Margaret Atwood

Song 1 of Orange Afternoon Lover

Jointly commissioned by The Howard Hanson Fund of The Eastman School and The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, and written expressly for soprano Eileen Strempel and pianist Sylvie Beaudette. This recording released spring 2010 on the Centaur Label: (In)Habitation: Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

Soprano edition only: m. 160, Piano, Right Hand  - the rhythm should be the same as in m. 159, i.e., a dotted quarter, followed by an 8th note, followed by a quarter on beat 3.