Vivian Fine

 

Compositions

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Valedictions


year

1959


duration

16 minutes


instrumentation

Soprano, tenor, mixed chorus, and chamber ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet in A, bassoon, B flat trumpet, horn in F, and string quartet)


text

John Donne


première

May 1959, Bethsabee de Rothschild Foundation, New York City. Shirlee Emmons, soprano, William McGrath, tenor, the Schola Cantorum of New York with Hugh Ross conducting


recording

Available on demo CD