Carter, Elliott: Poems of Louis Zukofsky (2008) 12'
for clarinet and soprano

Music Text  
Louis Zukofsky (E)

World premiere complete
8/9/2009
Tanglewood Music Center, Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA
Lucy Shelton, soprano/Stanley Drucker, clarinet /


Composer's Notes  
As an admirer of Louis Zukofsky’s poetry, I have often thought of setting it to music. This was encouraged by recently finding out that Ezra Pound was very impressed by it. So I chose nine short poems and set them for voice and clarinet, the last of which refers to his son Paul, the eminent violinist.


Elliott Carter
July 10, 2009


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