related works

Pyramus and Thisbe : for guitar / Lowell Dykstra

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Guitar
Scoring: g

Adresse de Voyage : for voice, saxophone and piano / Erik Lotichius; text by J.C. Martiat

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: voice sax pf

Matière : = (Stof), 8 poèmes de G. Achterberg, pour chant, flûte, clarinette basse, basson, alto et violoncelle / Karel Trow

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: low fl cl-b fg vla vc

First man was the first to emerge (Indian) : for mezzo soprano, alto saxophone and piano / Erik Lotichius; text by Native American Poetry

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: m-sopr sax-a 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