by Kile Smith | Jun 11, 2011 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
5. A king is he A king is he who has no fear; a king is he who naught desires. Such kingdom on himself each man bestows. —Thyestes If you can have a fuguing tune without the fuguing part, “A king is he” is that piece. I started to write the imitative...
by Kile Smith | Jun 9, 2011 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
4. Weary, with empty throat, stands Tantalus Weary, with empty throat, stands Tantalus; above his guilty head hangs plenteous food; on either side, with laden boughs, a tree leans over him and, bending and trembling beneath its weight of fruit, makes sport with his...
