related works

A thin place : 3 prayers from the Carmina Gadelica, for mixed choir, 2002 / Lowell Dijkstra

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK4

Monument to a Universal Marriage : Version for soprano and alto (or tenor and baritone or soprano and baritone), clarinet and string orchestra / Willem Jeths

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: zang cl str

A song of peace : voice, clarinet (E [flat], B [flat] and bass), saxophone (alto), cello and percussion (one player), 1979 / Walter Hekster

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: high cl(cl-b) sax-a perc vc

Farewell : voor sopraan, clarinet en cello / Boudewijn Tarenskeen; tekst Euripides

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: zang cl 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