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To High Spirits for voice and piano

Text by Kenneth Koch

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Kenneth Koch (1925 – 2002)

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Copyright © 2009 Dennis Tobenski. All Rights Reserved "To High Spirits" from New Addresses by Kenneth Koch, published by Alfred A. Knopf. © 2000 by Kenethto Koch. for performance. PleaseCopyright visit MusicSpoke.com purchase performance copies.

Used with the kind permission of the Kenneth Koch Literary Estate.

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New York, NY 26 October 2009

T82-V2009-5 / ISMN 979-0-800070-02-0

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