Hymns

1991

8½ minutes

Two pianos, French horn, violoncello

Joan Stein

Joan Stein and Betty Rosenblum, pianos, Maxine Neuman, cello, Heidi Garson, French horn

Available on demo CD

1. Aeolus, god of the winds
2. Toward a distant shore

A hymn…originally meant a form of “woven” or “spun” speech. Although the etymology is not Greek but Asiatic, the word derives from a Greek word for weaving, hyphainein.

–Composer’s note to the score

Aeolus, God of the Winds – excerpt

Toward a Distant Shore