Tokens
for SATB chorus
1975
3 minutes
Poetry: e. e. cummings
Commission: University of New Orleans
Premiere: University Chorale
New Orleans, Apr 2, 1976
Publisher: music 70
Movements:
1. Buffalo Bill’s defunct
2. O sweet spontaneous earth
Notes: The first of these pieces employs startling contrasts, from Renaissance counterpoint and ‘pop’ solos to an harshly dissonant, chromatic close. The second piece moves from a reflective opening to a triumphant close.