"Two Settings from "Finnegan's Wake" - Performing Score" Sheet Music by Harry Partch

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Scored For: Voice Part (sopran) And 2 Flutes
Composers: Harry Partch
Pages: 14
This product does NOT support transposition or digital playback
SKU: 491807
Publisher: Schott Music
Grade Level: Difficult What's this?
Series: The Harry Partch Edition
Publisher ID: Q46265

Harry Partch met soprano Ethel Luening in 1942 and two years later composed this work for her. Initial performances featured Luening as soprano with Partch playing his kithara, and composer Henry Brant playing double flageolet; Partch would eventually replace the double flageolet with two flutes. The use of the complex text from James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake contrasts strongly with Partch’s other works at the time, which used texts from Partch’s experiences as a transient or from authors like Thomas Wolfe.