Leventhal: Twelve Moments of Sanity. 

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Title

Leventhal: Twelve Moments of Sanity. 

Subject

Music Resource Item Type Metadata

Composer

Leventhal, Amy. (b. 1956). 

Gender

Female

Work

Twelve Moments of Sanity. ALV. 

1. Why don't they take it down?!
2. What if they did?
3. Need a break
4. Resiliency
5. Paul Robeson's Father William (Who was formerly enslaved) 6. Looking Up at a Large trunk of a Maple Tree and Seeing its Magnificence
7. Inner Well-Being
8. Fear Feeling
9. Beauty
10. My Belief in Goodness
11. My Cousin Meredith
12. Hattie Our Elderly Dog 

Duration

11 minutes

Description

This piece was composed in 2018 for Patricia Gunter, and is somewhat of a commentary on racism, social justice, and our social fabric in general. The vignettes are very short; sometimes pitch-centric, sometimes atonal, and varied in style. The music is moderately challenging.

Date Range of Work

2018