Hermit songs.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-

Hermit songs. - on side 1 of 1 disc. 12 in. 33 1/3 rpm. mono. - Modern American music series Columbia masterworks . - Modern American music series. .

Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress and first performed there by the same artists, Oct. 30, 1953. Recorded under the supervision of the composer. Program notes and texts on container.

With: Haieff, A. Quartets, strings, no. 1.

At Saint Patrick's purgatory.--Church bell at night.--Saint Ita's vision.--The heavenly banquet.--The crucifixion.--Sea-snatch.--Promiscuity.--The monk and his cat.--The praises of God.--The desire for hermitage.

Leontyne Price, soprano; Samuel Barber, piano.

ML 4988 Columbia

r 55000450


Song cycles.
Songs (High voice) with piano.