Three Voices for voices, woodwind, percussion, and string instruments

Composed for soprano, tenor, and baritone voices, woodwind, percussion, and string instruments, Three Voices is a polyglotic work that includes German, Chinese, and Spanish texts. The texts are chosen from Brecht Bertolt's Das Schiff, Po Chu I's Lang T'ao Sha, and Frederico Garcia Lorcá's Mar. Significant features of the piece are 1) application of Chinese operatic singing methods to vocal material in the sections that use Chinese text, 2) use of western instruments to emulate the sound of certain Chinese instruments, and 3) employment of Sprechstimme and dramatically inflected speech to create theatrical effects and highlight the sections that use German and Spanish texts.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2000

Author dc:creator

• Wu, Man-Mei

Contributors dc:contributor

• Winsor, Phil, 1938-2012
• Dworak, Paul E., 1951-
• Klein, Joseph, 1962-

• Vocal trios with instrumental ensemble -- Scores.
• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Musical settings.
• Bai, Juyi, 772-846 -- Musical settings.
• García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 -- Musical settings.
• polyglotic
• Chinese
• Sprechstimme
• Spanish

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Wu, Man-Mei
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 47879123
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2684/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc2684

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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