James,
Robert Owens was an American composer of African descent who settled in
Germany for the majority of his composing career. "Somewhere" I have a
xeroxed copy of a manuscript copy of the entire cycle EXCEPT FOR THE LAST
PAGE (a fact I did not find out until I had learned almost the entire cycle
...LOL!) Fortunately the last song, Genius Child, is in Willis
Patterson's Anthology of African-American Art Song. If I can only think
now where I put it...
Stay tuned...
Mark
P.S. It is a great cycle, written on poetry of Langston Hughes, and well
worth doing.
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, James Miller wrote:
> Hey y'all,
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> I'm working on "Faithful One" from Robert Owens' Mortal Storm song cycle. I
> found the song in anthology and am looking for info on the composer and/or
> cycle, but can't find much at all (even the remaining songs in the cycle are
> hidden from me!). So, I thought I'd turn to you (yes, you) and ask if you
> know anything about Owens, this work, the cycle, etc... Thanks for any
> help!
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