Lemons descending
Subtitle: music, poetry, etchings.
Contributors: Kuch, Michael, 1965-; Haimovitz, Matt, 1970-; Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179.; Villa-Lobos, Heitor.; Tavener, John.; Sydeman, William, 1928-; Woolf, Luna Pearl, 1973-; Tavener, John.; Oxingale Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Oxingale Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Northampton, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Artists' books.; Violoncello music.; Songs (High voice) with violoncello.
Other titles: Bachianas brasileiras no. 5.; Akhmatova songs.; Three songs after Emily Dickinson.; Epithalamion.; Child lived.; Ode to the lemon.; Slice for Saint Ursula.
Notes: Song texts in English, and in Latin, Portuguese, or Russian with English translations.
"Etchings by Michael Kuch, musical performances by Eileen Clark, soprano, Matt Haimovitz, 'cello"--Leaf [3].
A special issue of this work, with 1 watercolor original ill., 1 suite of 17 etchings (each signed and numbered by the artist), and 1 copper plate. The watercolor and the suite of etchings are each housed in its own chemise; the copper plate has its own compartment in the clamshell case, which measures 32 cm.
"The Oxingale Press produced its inaugural publication, Lemons descending, in the fall of the year two thousand. Luna Pearl Woolf & Matt Haimovitz of the Oxingale Press collaborated with Michael Kuch of the Double Elephant Press in the conception & design of the book ... edition of seventy along with five hors commerce ..."--Colophon.
Music recorded: Palmer, Mass., "in the year preceding April 2000." Cf. colophon.
Compact disc in a pocket in a chemise laid into the case.
LC copy is no. 7.
Table of contents: value: Slice for Saint Ursula (excerpt); value: Bachianas brasileiras no. 5 / music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, poetry by Ruth V. Correa & Manoel Bandeira; value: Akhmatova songs / music by John Tavener, poetry by Anna Akhmatova; value: Three songs after Emily Dickinson / music by William Sydeman, poetry by Emily Dickinson; value: Epithalamion / music by Luna Pearl Woolf, poetry by Richard Crashaw; value: The child lived / music by John Tavener, poetry by Mother Thekla; value: Ode to the Lemon / improvisation by Eileen Clark & Matt Haimovitz, poetry by Pablo Neruda; value: Slice for Saint Ursula / music & poetry by Hildegard von Bingen.