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- For the night to wear
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- English, French, German
- Contributors
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- Harris, Donald. Mermaid variations
- Harris, Donald. For the night to wear
- Harris, Donald. Ballades
- Harris, Donald. Of Hartford in a purple light
- Harris, Donald. Mains
- Harris, Donald. Pierrot Lieder
- Harris, Donald. Quartet
- Harris, Donald. Fantasy
- Harris, Donald. Ludus
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
- Publication
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- [New York] : CRI, [1994]
- ℗1994
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc (52 min.) : digital ; 4³/₄ in
- OCLC
- ocm31005470
- Credits
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- Various performers
- The 1st and last works for chamber orchestra; the 3rd for piano; the 7th for string quartet; the 8th for violin and piano. The remaining works are songs: the 4th and 5th with piano acc., the 3rd and 6th with instrumental ensemble.
- The vocal works sung in English, French or German; words from various sources.
- Title from container spine. Title on insert: For the night to wear.
- At head of label: American Academy of Arts & Letters composers award recording.
- Compact disc; analog recording.
- Includes previously released material, in part as analog discs.
- Notes by the composer, vocal texts with English translations, and full credits (15 p.) inserted in container.
- Recorded at several locations, between May 12, 1971 and May 19, 1993.
- Mermaid variations (Cleveland Chamber Symphony ; Edwin London, conductor) (10:13) -- For the night to wear / text by Hortense Flexner (Janice Meyerson, mezzo-soprano ; Boston Musica Viva ; Richard Pittman, conductor) (7:02) -- Balladen (Veronica Jochum, piano) (8:45) -- Of Harford [sic] in a purple light / text by Wallace Stevens (Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano ; Yehudi Wyner, piano) (5:42) -- Les mains / text by Marguerite Yourcenar (Janice Meyerson, mezzo-soprano ; Hugh Hinton, piano) (4:52) -- Pierrot Lieder / text by Albert Giraud (Lucy Shelton, soprano ; The Ohio State University Faculty Ensemble ; Craig Kirchhoff, conductor) (8:34) -- String quartet (Composers String Quartet) (9:28) -- Fantasy for violin and piano (Paul Zukofsky, violin ; Gilbert Kalish, piano) (7:17) -- Ludus (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra ; Sydney Hodkinson, conductor) (8:21)