Way of the River (Patterson, Robert G.)
| Title | Way of the River |
| Creators | Robert G. Patterson, composer Walt Whitman, librettist James Joyce, librettist Rudyard Kipling, librettist William Wordsworth, librettist Sara Teasdale, librettist |
| Opus | GRM-01036 |
| Instrumentation | soprano, bass clarinet, violin and piano |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 2011 |
| First published | 2011 |
| Dedication | for my father, who crossed during the composition of this piece |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 1200 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Songs |
| Language | English |
| Period | Modern |
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Sections
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| from “Sun-Down Poem” (Whitman) | — | — | — |
| Strings in the Earth and Air (Joyce) | — | — | — |
| Psalm 65:9-12 (Douay-Rheims) | — | — | — |
| from “The Elephant's Child” (Kipling) | — | — | — |
| The Ballad of Poor Susan (Wordsworth); interlude | — | — | — |
| The River/Deep River (Teasdale/Anonymous) | — | — | — |
Arrangements
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score Bass Clarinet in B Violin |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | Complete Performance |
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