Duration
4"
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Letter from a Young Poet (2008)
for cello and piano
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Duration
4"
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Instrumentation
cello and piano
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Premiere
May 3, 2008
Tobenski-Algera Concert Series Bloomingdale School of Music, NYC David Russell, cello / Stephen Olsen, piano |
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Dedications
for David Russell
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Notes
Letter from a Young Poet is a short work composed in early 2008 for cellist David Russell. The work is cast in quasi-Rondo form: the A sections act
as a Theme & Variations, yet the B sections remain unchanged. The piece draws its inspiration from the early correspondence of poet/composer/author Paul
Bowles, specifically a letter written in 1931 to Gertrude Stein on one of the young man's early trips to Tangier.
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