Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

A Noiseless Patient Spider


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A Noiseless Patient Spider
Foreign language / English title
A Noiseless Patient Spider
Subtitle
For female choir or eight solo voices a cappella
Year of composition
1975

Type
Female choir
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
female choir (S-S-S-S-A-A-A-A) or 8 voice
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
WHITMAN, Walt
Language
English
Premiere information
1976, Milwaukee, USA; Vocal Ensemble, Robert Porter (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Levana Music Publishing
Available here!
Recordings
Dance video (Available on vimeo.com)
Remarks, other info
After the poem by Walt Whitman