Music Text
Louis Zukofsky (E)
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon Music)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World premiere complete
09/08/2009
Tanglewood Music Center, Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA
Lucy Shelton, soprano / Thomas Martin, 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
Recommended Recording
Lucy Shelton/Charles Neidich
Bridge Records 9314 A/B
Listening
