related works

Three pieces based on the name of Haydn : Arrangement for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin and harp / Claude Debussy, Vincent d'Indy, Maurice Ravel; arranged by Lowell Dykstra

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl ob fg vn hp

Je zit en je lacht en je rookt wat : for harp and soprano / Chiel Meijering, op gedicht van Piet Gerbrandy

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: hrp sop

Epitaph : voor sopraan en 10 instrumenten / Daan Manneke; tekst James Joyce

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl ob cl fg h 2vl vla vc cb

Japanese settings : for voice, flute, cello, percussion and guitar, 1985 / Walter Hekster

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: voice fl(fl-a) perc g 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

Author(s):
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