TY - SOUND AU - Barber,Samuel AU - Price,Leontyne AU - Barber,Samuel ED - Library of Congress. TI - Hermit songs T2 - Modern American music series KW - Song cycles KW - Songs (High voice) with piano N1 - 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 ER -