Errands with
Harriet
about
town,
on
the
40th
day
of
spring,
high again 54,
editing
page 51 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act IV, and composing
Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290: IV10b. …de Champagne (Mummers)
Pierre Gervaise, Francis Poulenc
and
Book of Revelation, Op. 296 (2019)
Opera Oratorio after John of Patmos, AD 6-100
Chapter VI - A White Horse (Ekphrastic, Quarter = 80, 4/4-5/4-6/4)
Piccolo, English Horn, Bass Clarinet, Contrabassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
Great Voice, Souls, People
Electric Guitar, Harp, Piano, Sus Cyms, Gong, Timbale, Tenor Drum, Roto Toms, Timpani
Pizzicato Strings
Sources
Primary
George Crumb (b. 1929) - Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968)
Secondary
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - The Erl-King (1815)
Louis Ferdinand Gottschalk (1864-1934) - Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Gustav Holst (1872-1934) - The Planets (1919)
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Madrigals, Book II (1965)
Ancient Voices of Children (1970)
Andre Previn (b. 1929) - Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
[First Seal] A white horse, its rider had a great bow.
He was given his crown, he rode out as conquerer to conquer.
[Second Seal] A red horse, its rider given power to bring war on earth so people kill each other.
He was given a tremendous large sword.
[Third Seal] A black horse, its rider held a pair of great scales in his hand, a voice said:
"Quart of wheat for a day's long wages, three quarts barley for day's long wages.
Do not damage olive trees and vineyards!"
[Fourth Seal] A pale horse, its rider was named Death, and
Hades followed close behind to kill by means of
War and famine and disease and wild beasts.
[Fifth Seal] "How long will it be 'til you judge people!"
[Sixth Seal] "Fall on us ye mountains, hide us from the wrath!"
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