related works

Five close-ups : (based on a twelve ton [sic] row by Pierre Boulez), for piano, 1960/61, revised: December 1973 / Joep Straesser

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Ballad : for ensemble, 1995 / Martijn Padding

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr rec-b cl-b trb perc g pf vl cb

Liederen en dansen van de dood : voor stem en strijkkwartet / Modest Musorgskij ; bew. Kees Olthuis

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: voc svl vla vc

Sextet III : songs from the Tao Te King, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, double-bass and guitar, 1987 / Henk Badings

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl cl g vl cb

composition

From the Chinese restaurant : a symphonic song cycle, for mezzo-soprano, alto saxophone, accordion and percussion, 1989 / Joep Straesser

Other authors:
Chin Sheng-T'An (Zoon van) (Text writer/Librettist)
Confucius (Text writer/Librettist)
Li T'Ai Po (Text writer/Librettist)
Po Chu-I (Text writer/Librettist)
Straesser-Verster, Stanny (Text writer/Librettist)
Straesser, Joep (Composer)
Contains:
A man who wants to eat / tekst v. Confucius
Patience / tekst v. Confucius
Climbing higher and higher / tekst v. Po Chu-I
Should I envie [i.e. envy] the gods? / tekst v. Li T'ai Po
My whole life I have eaten / tekst v. de zoon van Chin Sheng-T'an