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 Buy the sheetmusic! Ancient Voices of Children
A Cycle of Songs on Texts by Federico García Lorca

year 1970

instrumentation Mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players)

commission Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation

première First performed by Jan DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano), Michael Dash (boy soprano), Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg (conductor) at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. - 31 October 1970

[First performance of the complete Lorca cycle by Neva Pilgrim and Darleen Kliewer (sopranos), Carol Brunk (alto), Frederick Gersten (baritone), New Directions Ensemble, Kenneth Moore (conductor) at Oberlin Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio - 26 February 1972]

publisher C.F. Peters (P66303)

recordings
  • Barbara Ann Martin (soprano), Orchestra 2001, James Freeman (conductor). CRI 803 {CD}, The Four Oaks Foundation {VHS}, 1999
  • Marie-Louise Bourbeau (mezzo-soprano), Veronika Schaaf (boy soprano), Ensemble New Art, Fuat Kent (artistic director). col legno WWE 1CD 31876 {CD}, 1994
  • Jan DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano), Michael Dash (boy soprano), Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg (conductor). Elektra Nonesuch 9-79149-2 {CD}, Nonesuch 71255 {LP}, 1975 [Movements 2 and 4 reissued on Teresa Sterne, A Portrait]
  • Nellie Lee (soprano), Pavlik Sedov (boy soprano), Ensemble of Soloists of the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, A. Lazerev (conductor). Melodiya.

movements
  1. El niño busca su voz
    Dances of the Ancient Earth
  2. Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar
  3. ¿De dónde vienes, amor, mi niño? (Dance of the Sacred Life-Cycle)
  4. Todas las tardes en Granada, todas las tardes se muere un niño
    Ghost Dance
  5. Se ha llenado de luces mi corazón de seda

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