Suspenders

SATB voices, soprano and alto recorders, alto and tenor krummhorns, mandolin, concertina, acoustic guitar, castanets, 2 Pakastani autohorns, Niederhorn, kitharette, p’tang (1978)

This borderline silly piece with similarly silly text was performed at the 1977 New York Avant-Garde Festival. An audience of eleven, which included a music critic from South America, listened in fascination. The text translations plus a description of the odder instruments are below the score.

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