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Score
Beauty : for voice and piano / words and music by May Howlett.
Library shelf no. 783.67542/HOW 1 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
Beauty is the central song in a series describing the real and imaginary lives of an aging woman. The music and ideas of the larger work show influences of Broadway musicals, disco and more classical techniques, all spiced with a kind of Brechtian alienation.
Work Details
Year: 1978
Instrumentation: Medium to high voice, piano.
Duration: 2 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Not technically difficult, but requires a trained voice of good range
First performance: 18 Jun 78. Carnegie Recital Hall, NY
Performances of this work
3 Sep 2014: at Celebrating May in Spring (Chevalier College Performing Arts Centre). Featuring Lotte Latukefu, Louise Scott.
18 Jun 78: Carnegie Recital Hall, NY
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