Spirit above the dust
Subtitle: The resounding lyre
By: Miriam Gideon. Seasons such as these ; Serenade / David Chaitkin
Contributors: Bonazzi, Elaine, performer; Weisberg, Arthur, performer; Black, Robert, 1950-1993, performer; Harbison, John, performer; Chaitkin, David, 1938-2011; Chaitkin, David, 1938-2011; Contemporary Chamber Ensemble; Speculum Musicae (Musical group : U.S.); Cantata Singers; New York New Music Ensemble
Series: American contemporary; American contemporary
Publisher: Composers Recordings
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] ;
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble; Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble; Song cycles; Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied; Septets (Piano, flute, percussion, violin, cello, double bass)
Other titles: Resounding lyre.; Seasons such as these.
Work titles: Spirit above the dust
Notes: The 1st work for mezzo-soprano, the 2nd, for tenor, both with instrumental ensemble; the 3rd work for mixed chorus; the 4th, for flute, percussion (vibraphone, glockenspiel, tubular bells), piano, violin, violoncello and double bass.

The 1st and 3rd works sung in English, the 2nd in German.

Durations: 13:30; 11:48; 6:25; 15:10.

Biographical and program notes on container; songs texts in English (by Anne Bradstreet, Archibald MacLeish, Norman Rosten, and Shakespeare), and in German (by Frederic Ewen, Timperg, and Heinrich Heine) with English translations on insert.

In the 1st work: Elaine Bonazzi, mezzo-soprano ; Contemporary Chamber Ensemble ; Arthur Weisberg, conductor. In the 2nd work: Constantine Cassolas, tenor ; Speculum Musicae ; Robert Black, conductor. In the 3rd work: Cantata Singers ; John Harbison, conductor. In the 4th work: New York New Music Ensemble ; Robert Black, conductor.

The 1st, 2nd and 4th works recorded in New York, Oct. 1981, Dec. 1982 and June 1983, respectively. Seasons recorded in Cambridge, Nov. 1980.