THREE SONGS OF WAR
poems
by
Theodore Roethke Marianne Moore
W. S. Merwin
for medium voice and piano
BRAXTON BLAKE
BRAXTON BLAKE MUSIC
THREE SONGS OF WAR
for medium voice and piano
Poems by Theodore Roethke
Marianne Moore
W. S. Merwin
BRAXTON BLAKE 1984
Duration: circa 12’
Lull (November, 1939) by Theodore Roethke, ©1966 Faber & Faber Ltd., reprinted with permission To Military Progress by Marianne Moore, ©1981 by the Literary Estate of Marianne Moore, reprinted with permission The War by W. S. Merwin, ©1973 by W. S. Merwin, reprinted with permission of the Wylie Agency, Inc.
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BRAXTON BLAKE MUSIC
THREE SONGS OF WAR
senza rit.
Rea son em bra ces death,
MARIANNE MOORE
TO MILITARY PROGRESS
= 84–88 – Meccanico = 84–88 – Meccanico
You use your mind like a mill stone to grid chaff.
on such faint hearts as its god im parts, calls
and claps its wings till the
THE WAR
W. S. MERWIN
ritard (with no repeat)
PARTITA for Alto Saxophone
QUARTET for Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Marimba, and Piano
DUO for Violin and Viola
FOLKSONGS for Violin and Piano
FANTASY for Viola and Piano
FANTASY for English Horn and Harpsichord
SONATA for Violin solo
SONATA for Clarinet solo NOCTURNE for Trombone, Cello, and Piano
SUSURRATIONS for Flute and Piano
QUINTET
Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet in Bb/Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Marimba, Bass
DUO FOR THREE for Solo Dancer, Marimba, Bass
ROUNDS
Alto Flute, Glockenspiel, Chimes, Marimba, Vibraphone, Percussion, Harp, Celesta, Piano, Cello
ELEGY for Clarinet and Percussion
IMPROVISATION for Soprano Saxophone, two Chimes, Piano
STRING QUARTET
“How do you whistle that way?” for Flute and Celesta SAXOPHONE QUARTET
SHORT STORIES for Clarinet in B-flat, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano
DUST AND SHADOWS for Clarinet in B-flat, Violin, and Piano
DUO for Trombone and Harp
SPIKE for Percussion Ensemble
SEVEN PLACES for Alto Saxophone and Percussion
FANTASIESTÜCKE for Clarinet in B-flat and Piano
NINE ETUDES for Alto Saxophone and Marimba
FOUR BAGATELLES FOR TEN VIOLAS
BRASS QUARTET
2 Trumpets in C, Trombone, Bass Trombone
THREE PRELUDES
Flute/Piccolo/Alto flute, Clarinet in Bb/Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Harp, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
BAGATELLES for Trombone and Piano
SONATA for Alto Saxophone and Piano
SUITE for Cello Solo
OCTET
Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass
BALLADE for Piano and Electronics
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