Kay: Fugitive Songs (A cycle for mezzo soprano and piano)

Description

Ulysses Kay's Fugitive Songs, written for mezzo-soprano and piano, was first performed at Illinois Wesleyan University in May of 1956. The song cycle includes eight short songs, all dedicated to his wife. Each song has text written by various poets including Herman Hagedorn, Lizette Reese, Carl Young Rice, Frederic Ridgeley Torrence, Florence Wilkerson, Wittner Bynner, and Elsa Baxter.

Contents:
• Song Is So Old (Hermann Hagedorn)
• That Day You Came (Lizette W. Reese)
• When the Wind is Low (Cale Young Rice)
• Evensong (Ridgely Torrence)
• The Fugitives (Florence Wilkinson)
• The Mystic (Witter Bynner)
• Sentence (Witter Bynner)
• When I Am Dead and Sister to the Dust (Elsa Barker)