"A night cycle of poems and Chinese translations by Kenneth Rexroth that were chosen so that they might present a linear, nocturnal musical experience"--Program note.
Reproduced from ms.
Duration: ca. 19:00.
Program and performance notes and texts of the poems precede score.
English words; the 3rd song is wordless.
I. Star and crescent -- II. A ringing bell -- III. Deep night -- IV. The fall of Ch'ou