THREE SONGS
ON POEMS BY MARIANNE MOORE for Mezzo-soprano and Flute
BRAXTON BLAKE
BRAXTON BLAKE MUSIC
THREE SONGS
On Poems By
Marianne Moore
for Mezzo-soprano and Flute
BRAXTON BLAKE
I – No Swan So Fine II – What Are Years?
III – To A Prize Bird
Permission for use of the text of ‘To a Prize Bird’, ‘No Swan So Fine’, and ‘What Are Years?’ from THE COMPLETE POEMS OF MARIANNE MOORE (© Viking/Macmillan, 1981) is granted by Marianne Craig Moore, Literary Executor for the Estate of Marianne Moore. All rights reserved.
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THREE SONGS
On Poems By
Marianne Moore
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