The Cry of the Sedge
for soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor, baritone, and guitar
1973
35 minutes
Poetry: William Butler Yeats
Premiere: Frances Crawford, soprano, Mary Burdette, mezzo, Thomas Mitchell, tenor, Ronald Hedlund, baritone, Paul Cox, guitar
University of Illinois
April 17, 1974
[Not available for performance]
Notes: This work is a setting of several poems by William Butler Yeats that recount a medieval story of a love triangle between a lady, her lover, and her chambermaid.