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Stone river : songs of Hitomaro / set for baritone or mezzo-soprano and four percussionists / by Ralph Middenway.
Library shelf no. Q 783.88542/MID 1 [Not for loan]
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Stone river : new setting of nine songs of Hitomaro [eScore] / Ralph Middenway.
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Year: 1984
Instrumentation: Baritone or mezzo-soprano, 4 percussionists (scrapers, timpani, blocks, vibraphone, Chinese cymbal, sha dik, wind machine, side drum, marimba, bull-roarer, tubophone, song bells, tom-toms, finger cymbal tree, tam-tam, tambour, bass drum).
Duration: 20 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: Stone river -- The sea pine -- The morning bird -- Smoke clouds.
Dedication note: "For my brother"
Commission note: Commissioned in 1984 by Ryszard Pusz - funding from the Music Board, Australia Council
Translations mostly by Geoffrey Bownas and Anthony Thwaite.
First performance 1984.
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