singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
Habirandosan No Haiku – a Japanese style haiku song for alto and piano
SM-000085029
- Alternative title
- Haiku no Haviranosan (with piano)
- Composer
- David W Solomons
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Lyricist
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Mark Haviland
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Classical / Song
- Instrumentation
- Piano, Contralto, Countertenor
- Type of score
- Piano-vocal score
- Duration
- 2'56"
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Year of composition
- 1994
Description
Based on haikus in English by Mark Haviland this setting by David W Solomons gives the poems a Japanese flavour.
The recording is from the CD Songs of Solomons and was performed by Stephen Taylor (countertenor) and Jonathan Leonard (piano), who have given permission for use of their performance. The CD itself is available in the form of mp3 downloads at CDBaby, Amazon, Napster and other reputable download places.