Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 songs |
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Composition Year | 1992-93 |
Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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Work Title | Virginia Dreams |
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Alternative. Title | A Song Cycle |
Composer | Petering, Mark |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IMP 35 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 songs:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1992-93 |
First Performance. | 1994/4/23 |
Librettist | Maggie Pogue Johnson |
Language | English |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 11 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
Piece Style | Modern |
Instrumentation | mezzo-soprano, piano |
Extra Information | The words are by Maggie Pogue Johnson as found in the Schomburg Library of 19th Century Black Women Writers. The work was premiered by soprano Mary Williams with the composer at the piano in 1994 at Luther College. On YouTube please search "Mark Petering Virginia Dreams" |