Jan Peerce II CD - Import

The title poem Musical Words (a Universal Death-into-Life Lullabye) is composed from two words -"d.e.a.d" & "B.A.B.E". For the letters that spell the words, I substitute musical chords that correspond to these letters. The "d.e.a.d" chords are minor chords because I wanted them to have a more plaintive registration than the more cheerful "B.A.B.E" chords which are major. MUSICAL WORDS The Poem has four movements:The first is made of five chorales. In each chorale, the Musical Word "d.e.a.d" moves one step at a time through the Musical Word "B.A.B.E"; until by the fifth chorale, it has passed through it entirely & the choir sings: "B.A.B.E" fol- lowed by "d.e.a.d". Spelled out the five progressions look like this: First Movement: (five ...