“Benson’s settings of texts (Songs for the End of the World) …had winning simplicity.
- The New York Times
Song Cycles and Solo Songs
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – My Voice Not Being Proud Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – The Alchemist Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Juan’s Song Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Fifteenth Farewell II Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Knowledge Theodore Presser Company-sales Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano, Bonita Boyd, flute Gasparo GSCD-261 20:00 Mez, fl text by Louise Bogan 1977 for Bonita Boyd
Hills, Woods, Brook: Three Love Songs Subito Music/The Online Subito Store 14:20 voice, cl, tpt, vn, vc, pf, 1 perc [be, mar, 4wdblk, tri] text by A.R. Ammons 1982 for the University of Connecticut
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Why We Die Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Child’s Game Moon Rain and Memory Jane – To My Father Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Dust Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Mourning For the Queen of Sunday Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Endless Life Subito Music/The Online Subito Store Performed by Lucy Shelton, soprano, Steve Doane, cello, Steven Isserlis, cello Gasparo GSCD-261 35:00 S, 2 vc text by May Swenson, Judson Jerome, Blaga Dmitrova, Sydney Russell, Robert Hayden, Liz M. Rosenberg 1984
Nara Carl Fischer LLC-rental 16:00 (20:00) S, fl, pf, 2 perc [2 timp, 2 toms, tam, maraca, jawbne, bd, whip, sm gong, tuned temple gong or ch, 8 high pitched drums (Moroccan clay drums)] text by Earle Birney 1970 for the Lyric Arts Trio
Shadow Wood – Shadow Wood Shadow Wood – My Little One Shadow Wood – Old Men Are Fond Shadow Wood – Covenant Shadow Wood – We Have Not Long To Love Shadow Wood – The Last Wine Keiser Productions, Inc. Performed by Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano and the Meadows Wind Ensemble Jack Delany, conductor Gasparo GSCD – 342 22:00 Mez, 16 winds, perc -’93 version: mezzo, 2 (pc).1.2.bc.1/1.1.1.0/db (w/low C) hp/4perc [be, vb, ch, mar, 4tri, 2sc, 3tams, wdblk, 2bd, picc sd, bongo, tamb, tmpb, metal wdch,glass wdch] text by Tennessee Williams 1968 for Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory W.E., Frank Battisti, conductor (full band); SMU Meadows W.E., Jack Delaney, conductor (chamber ens.)
Songs for the End of the World - I. Awakening Songs for the End of the World - II. Two Step Songs for the End of the World - III. Lullaby Songs for the End of the World - IV. Spring Songs for the End of the World - V. Siciliana Songs for the End of the World - VI. Nocturne Hal Leonard
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano, Verne Reynolds, horn, Robert Sylvester, cello, John Beck, marimba, Phillip West, English horn Albany Records: Troy 236 30:00 Mez, hn, Eng hn, vc, mar John Gardner 1980 for the International Horn Society
(Three) Solitary Songs – American Primitive Carl Fischer LLC Excerpt “American Primitive” Performed by Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano, Gilbert Kalish, piano Nonesuch 79178-2 02:09 med. voice (avail in treble and bass clefs), pf text by Earle Birney, William Jay Smith, and Kenneth Patchen