related works

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Moments of an Odyssey) : for reed quintet / Lowell Dykstra

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Woodwind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: ob cl sax-a fg cl-b

Vijf liederen : voor bariton met fluit en strijkkwartet, 1954 / Jan van Dijk

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: bar fl 2vl vla vc / bar fl str

Goriz & Gozār : for chamber ensemble / Aftab Darvishi; on lyrics by Hafiz

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr-m fl cl perc pf vn vla vc

Pandarus sings (higher) : (from Shakespeare's Troilus & Cressida), for soprano, flute, clarinet in E[flat] and piano, 1980 / Alex Manassen

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl cl pf

composition

Lyrics of Life : for soprano and guitar / Lowell Dykstra; lyrics by W. Sharp, P.B. Shelley, W.H. Davids, E.A. Poe, E. Dickinson, L. Marks, S. Teasdale

Other authors:
Dykstra, Lowell (Composer)
Description:
Lyrics of Life are the outcome of two musical worlds: my background in popular music and the classical. Having grown up in the 60s and 70s my musical expression was mainly formed by pop music with a special focus on singer-song writers such as Paul Simon and Don McClean. However, as of 1980 or so, my interest switched to classical music. Yet somehow, I knew that someday I would write a piece for voice and guitar where both genres could meet. It is in these songs that I strongly feel I have achieved this. Although classical in form and idiom, they touch the directness of popular song.
Lowell Dykstra