Title: Forgetfulness : baritone, piano, and string quartet : 2015 /
Authors: Maggio, Robert,; Collins, Billy; Drugs.com.
Year: 2015
Subjects: Collins, Billy Musical settings.; Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble Scores.; Song cycles.
Abstract: "Poet Billy Collins has a remarkable way of examining profound and complex subjectssuch as memory losswith a delicate and often humorous touch. His poem "Forgetfulness" has deep resonance for me as I have watched my mother disappear into the fog of dementia over the past decade. In this song cycle, I have set Collin's poem 3 times, first as written, followed by two reprises which fragment the poem. In between the settings of Collins' poem I have placed brief songs about Namenda, a drug used to treat dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease."--Composer's WWW site.
Contents: Forgetfulness -- Dosage -- Forgetfulness (reprise 1) -- Side effects -- Forgetfulness (reprise 2).