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eMusic Freegal Music

Gunther Schuller: The Fisherman and His Wife

Summary

The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene I: A humble hut, with net curtains and a plain stool; dawn, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene II: Seaside; water sparkling blue, skydawn-pink yielding to fair blue, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene III: The hut; lunchtime, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene IV: Seaside; sea green and yellow, light faintly ominous, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene V: A cottage, with a pleasant garden and velvet chair, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VI: Seaside; water purple and murky blue, hint of a storm, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VII: A castle, with a great rural vista, tapestries, and an ivory canopied bed, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VIII: Seaside; water dark gray, definite howling of sullen wind, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene IX: Flourishes and fanfares of brass, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene X: Seaside; much wind, high sea and tossing, sky red along edges, red light suffuses, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XI: A papal palace, The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XII: Seaside; storm, lightning, sea quite black. The pit of creation., The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XIII: A humble hut

Songs

1 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene I: A humble hut, with net curtains and a plain stool; dawn 00:05:19
2 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene II: Seaside; water sparkling blue, skydawn-pink yielding to fair blue 00:05:25
3 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene III: The hut; lunchtime 00:06:40
4 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene IV: Seaside; sea green and yellow, light faintly ominous 00:02:17
5 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene V: A cottage, with a pleasant garden and velvet chair 00:06:11
6 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VI: Seaside; water purple and murky blue, hint of a storm 00:02:34
7 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VII: A castle, with a great rural vista, tapestries, and an ivory canopied bed 00:11:13
8 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene VIII: Seaside; water dark gray, definite howling of sullen wind 00:06:11
9 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene IX: Flourishes and fanfares of brass 00:04:51
10 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene X: Seaside; much wind, high sea and tossing, sky red along edges, red light suffuses 00:01:55
11 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XI: A papal palace 00:07:42
12 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XII: Seaside; storm, lightning, sea quite black. The pit of creation. 00:02:16
13 The Fisherman and His Wife, Scene XIII: A humble hut 00:02:04

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