John Alden Carpenter :: Skyscrapers


 

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Carpenter, John Alden
1876-1951
(b Park Ridge, IL, 28 Feb 1876; d Chicago, 26 April 1951). American
Skyscrapers <1924>
optional chorus (6tenors, 6sopranos)
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2 traffic lights, downstage right & left, for which the exact rhythm and duration are notated in the score; they are intended to be "played" by a keyboard offstage.
Score is poorly engraved and with confusing errors and inconsistencies:
• "Cylinder bells" are apparently chimes, abbreviated "Bells," "Cy.B," and "C-bells."
• Glockenspiel is variously abbreviated "G.S." or "Gl."
Duration with authorized concert cuts: 15'