I’ve got no car, and it’s breakin’ my heart,
but I found a driver and that’s a start.
— John Lennon, “Drive My Car”
but I found a driver and that’s a start.
— John Lennon, “Drive My Car”
My Maserati does 185,
I lost my licence, now I don’t drive.
— Joe Walsh, “Life’s Been Good”
I lost my licence, now I don’t drive.
— Joe Walsh, “Life’s Been Good”
Today, I settled at last on the text for the Kerouac piece:
The Orpheus of Lowell Op. 172
Seven Choruses and a Sleepy Afterthought for Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Cello & Piano
The seven choruses come from Mexico City Blues, which struck me as a natural source. The “Afterthought” is the curtain line (!!) from Chapter 1 of The Dharma Bums.
Tomorrow, I shall get to work.
I’ve also settled on a text for the Triad piece for November, a poem, “My Dear Friend,” which Leo Schulte sent me last August, whose simplicity strikes me as perfect for the task. That piece will be:
Light and Truth, Op. 173 for choir and flute
The photo is from 14 years ago today, when I inaugurated work on White Nights, Op. 75
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