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A Twelvemonth and a Day

Composer:

Paul

Richards

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Year Composed:

2008

Number of parts:

4

Viol Scoring:

tr, tr, t, b

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Difficulty:

very difficult

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Paul Richard’s A Twelvemonth and a Day was composed for Parthenia, both as a concert piece and as the prelude to the third act of his new opera, The Loathly Lady (written to Wendy Steiner’s libretto.) The opening excitement of rhythmic vitality gives way

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