Really a sacred song – text by George Herbert – with optional obbligato instrument. For this commission Dirksen received ‘a case of excellent wine.’
D No: 126
Text - Incipit: My Joy, my Life, My Crown
Cross Reference: Richard's Birthday Air
Text - Author or Scripture: George Herbert (1593–1632)
Performing Forces: Voice piano fl
Date Published: MS
Date of Composition: 1972
Notes: Words: “A True Hymn” by George Herbert (1593–1632). Commissioned by Sandy Hynson for Dick Hynson’s birthday in 1972. (Fee, a case of wine. Excellent.)
Kathy Barnes, soprano, Mark Dirksen, piano, University of Massachusetts 1981
Categorized as: 100 Sacred Choral
Tagged as: piano, solo instrument, solo vocal