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Treasure Chest

“Captain Kidd buried treasure / as most pirates usually do.” The text by a NCS 4th grade student struck Wayne’s fancy.

Genre: Extended Works
D No: 801
Text - Author or Scripture: Suzy Hayes, NCS Class of '62
Performing Forces: TB, orch
Date Published: MS
Date of Composition: 1960
Notes: The words, first published in the National Cathedral Lower School literary magazine, Half-in-Earnest, are by Suzy Hayes, an NCS fourth grade student. This poem was the winner of the Tuckerman Prize in 1954, given for the best writing in the lower school. The setting is scored for the boys of the St. Albans Glee Club (TB), 2 obs, 2 trums, 2, troms, strings, percussion and timpani. Its first and only performance was given in the 1954 spring concert by the combined glee clubs of the National School for Girls and the St. Alban School for Boys in the gymnasium of the St. Albans School. (Performance time is 11 minutes.)

Categorized as: Extended Works
Tagged as: mens voices, orchestra, timpani

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