Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961)
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Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961)
1. What do we need to know about this composer?
Possible answers . . .
- Very prolific and distinguished American composer.
- Loves to write for singers.
- Writes songs that flow lyrically and illuminate texts with unerring musical and dramatic aim.
2. Name a song composition by this composer.
Possible answers . . .
Muldoon Songs
1. The Waking Father
2. Thrush
3. Blemish
4. Mink
5. Bran
6. Vico
7. Holy Thursday
Larkin Songs
1a. Going
1b. Coming
2. Interlude #1: Fiction and the Reading Public
3a. Counting
3b. ‘None of the books have time’
4a. ‘Within the dream you said’
4b. Talking in bed
5. Interlude #2: ‘To write one song, you said’
6a. ‘Morning at last: there is snow’
6b. The White Palace
Love in a Life
1. Love in a Life
2. Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night
3. Congedo
4. Ample make this bed
5. The waking
6. The Green for Pamela
7. Love
Figments
1. Gravity
2. Why we have cats
3. The End of Daylight Savings Time
4. Zoo Prepares to Adopt Metric System
5. Lines After Marianne Moore
6. Deer in Mist and Almonds
7. The Poetry of Sausages: Morcilla
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This selection is called: Muldoon Songs “1. The Waking Father”
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This selection is called: Muldoon Songs “2. Thrush”
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This selection is called: Muldoon Songs “3. Blemish”
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This selection is called: Muldoon Songs “4. Mink”
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This selection is called: Muldoon Songs “5. Bran”
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This selection is called: Muldoon Songs “6. Vico”
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This selection is called: Muldoon Songs “7. Holy Thursday”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “1a. Going”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “1b. Coming”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “2. Interlude #1: Fiction and the Reading Public”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “3a. Counting”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “3b. ‘None of the books have time’”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “4a. ‘Within the dream you said’”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “4b. Talking in bed”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “5. Interlude #2: ‘To write one song, you said’”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “6a. ‘Morning at last: there is snow’”
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This selection is called: Larkin Songs “6b. The White Palace”
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This selection is called: Love in a Life “1. Love in a Life”
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This selection is called: Love in a Life “2. Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night”
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This selection is called: Love in a Life “3. Congedo”
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This selection is called: Love in a Life “4. Ample make this bed”
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This selection is called: Love in a Life “5. The waking”
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This selection is called: Love in a Life “6. The Green for Pamela”
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This selection is called: Love in a Life “7. Love”
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This selection is called: Figments “1. Gravity”
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This selection is called: Figments “2. Why we have cats”
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This selection is called: Figments “3. The End of Daylight Savings Time”
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This selection is called: Figments “4. Zoo Prepares to Adopt Metric System”
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This selection is called: Figments “5. Lines After Marianne Moore”
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This selection is called: Figments “6. Deer in Mist and Almonds”
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This selection is called: Figments “7. The Poetry of Sausages: Morcilla”
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