Poems Of Ben jonson - Mabry, Sharon; Wade, Patsy; Platt, Rosemary; Goossen, Frederic; Goossen, Frederic; Goossen, Frederic; Goossen, Frederic; Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.; Vercoe, Elizabeth, 1941- (Boulder, CO : Owl Recording, 1991)
Garland : five poems of Ben Jonson (10:38) ; Three excerpts from At Casterbridge fair (A wife waits ; After the club-dance ; The inquiry) (9:20) / Frederic Goossen -- Three songs, op. 45 / Samuel Barber (7:18) -- Herstory III / Elizabeth Vercoe (23:06)
Songs and song cycles; the Vercoe work based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc.
Sung in English (the Vercoe work partly in French). Words of the Gossen songs by Ben Jonson and Thomas Hardy; texts of the other works from various sources.
Title from container spine.
Compact disc.
In part analog recording.
Biographical and program notes, in part by the composers, and song texts with English translations of the French portions (23 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Keywords: Joan, -- of Arc, Saint, -- 1412-1431 -- Songs and music; Hardy, Thomas, -- 1840-1928 -- Musical settings; Hardy, Thomas, -- 1840-1928.; Song cycles; Songs (Medium voice) with piano