Composition: Way of the River (Patterson, Robert G.)
| Title | Way of the River |
| Creators | Robert G. Patterson (composer) and Walt Whitman (librettist) and James Joyce (librettist) and Rudyard Kipling (librettist) and William Wordsworth (librettist) and 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 |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
| Title click for details |
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
(No arrangements)
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Bass Clarinet in B · view Violin · view |
Recordings/Performances
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