Norris, Kathleen, 1947-

Scope and Contents Dakota songs: Set I. For soprano and guitar. [Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays]. [Set to] Poems of Kathleen Norris. Five songs in set I: 1. Taking the blue -- 2. Stranded in Mobridge by a spring blizzard -- 3. Calentures -- 4. Calentures north -- 5. New year's eve in Bismarck, North Dakota. Dedication: for David. 1. Taking the blue: Trees gossip in the ghost-light. Early stars climb the sky and breeze descends, touching my arm lightly, like my grandmother at the last. 2. Stranded in Mobridge by...

Scope and Contents New Year's Eve in Bismarck, North Dakota. Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays [set] to a poem of Kathleen Norris. Chamber orchestra with mezzo-soprano soloist. Orchestra: B-flat clarinet; 2 bassoons; 6 violins; violoncello; piano; harp. Percussion: bass drum; hi-hat & drum; glock; high wood blocks. Unbound manuscript score. Flying in before snow closed the airport waiting for a way out. Drinking at the Patterson, peppermint schnapps for the season, the town, the storm. B-flat clarinet...