related works
Pyramus and Thisbe : for guitar / Lowell Dykstra
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Guitar
Scoring:
g
The blue woman : for soprano and ensemble, 1999/2000 / poems: Wallace Stevens, Wim Laman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr fl cl(bh) pf vl vc
Magnificat : voor zangstem, fluit en piano, (1971) / Jacques Reuland
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
alt-m fl pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr fl(pic fl-a) cl(cl-b sax-s) perc pf(ham.org) vl vc
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