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Chris Rainier: voice and Adapted Guitar 1


Originally composed for voice and Adapted Viola
(Santa Rosa, California, August 1931)

Text:
L. Po, S. Obata (trans.), "The Works of Li Po The Chinese Poet Done into English verse", New York, E.P. Dutton and Co., 1928.


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lyrics

The grass of Yen is growing green and long
While in Chin, the leafy mulberry branches hang low
Even now, while my longing heart is breaking,
Are you thinking, my dear, of coming back to me?
– O wind of Spring, you are a stranger,
Why do you enter through the silken curtains of my bower?

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from Chris Rainier Sings The Music Of Harry Partch, released February 21, 2024

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Chris Rainier London, UK

some kind of folk music. various microtonal guitars, weissenborn [a hollowneck lap steel, often with preparations]…also occasional singing, and other instrumental odds and ends.

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