KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Three Songs for baritone and instruments by Donald Cobb

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1970.05.XX.02

Program Length

7 min

Dates

| broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

Recorded at a May 1970 concert held at Mills College in California, this is three songs by Donald Cobb with texts by Walt Whitman. The singer is baritone Edgar Jones, accompanied by an unidentified chamber ensemble. Rich, melodic, and lyrical, these three art songs skillfully avoid the pitfalls of shaky vocals and tinkling accompaniment that all too often is the hallmark of 20th century musical settings of poetry.

Genres

20th century classical
Art songs

Musical Selections

Three Songs: Sing On, Sing On You Gray-Brown Bird (1:33) ; Allons! The Road Is Before Us (1:47) ; Come Said The Music (2:10), for baritone and instrumental ensemble [text by Walt Whitman] (1970) / Donald Cobb

Performers

Edgar Jones, baritone

Subjects

20th century classical
Art songs
Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Related place

Oakland (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Cobb, Donald
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Jones, Edgar (Baritone)