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Charles Sanford Skilton
The Sun Bride
Edited by Thomas Warburton
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ISBN 0-89579-437-3 |
(1999) xxix+135 pp. |
$59.00 |
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ISBN 978-0-89579-437-6
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Charles Sanford Skilton’s opera The Sun Bride
was heard infrequently at the time of its composition. Based on a legend
of the Pueblo Indians from the four-corners area of the United States,
the libretto by Lilian White Spencer relates the story of the brave Bluefeather,
who falls in love with the Bonita clan’s Sun Bride. The plot also serves
as a frame for the depiction of Indian ceremonies and games, which have
their foundation on Skilton’s research into Pueblo music and lore. The
opera is presented in piano-vocal score, since it was most often performed
in this way. The edition includes two plates, which juxtapose the piano-vocal
score with the orchestral score.
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