Whales, a celebration
Title:
Whales, a celebration
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Greg Gatenby.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Boston : Little, Brown, c1983.
Physical Description:
xvi, 233 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 x 32 cm.
ISBN:
9780316305105
General Note:
Includes indexes.
Abstract:
Includes "over 200 stories, essays, and poems, 11 musical scores, 150 black-and-white illustrations, and 75 full-color paintings and images."
Added Author:
Contents:
Musical contents: Whales weep not : for wind ensemble / Ned Rorem -- Toward the sea : for alto flute and guitar / Toru Takemitsu -- The Apollonian whale : for voice, cello and piano / Humphrey Searle -- The sorrow of the orphan whale calf / Oskar Marowetz -- Litany for the whale : recitation for two voices / John Cage -- Whale composition : for flute, viola, cello, double bass, vibraphone and percussion / Rodion Shchedrin -- Lost whale calf : for piano / Ross Lee Finney -- Moby Diptych : for piano / Leonard Bernstein -- Der Wal : for voice and piano / Henk Badings -- For the whales : for string orchestra / Iannis Xenakis -- Vox balaenae : for cello and piano / George Crumb.