Famous Last Words for speaking keyboard player and assorted items on tales by Paul Mann

(2017/rev. 2021)

This piece was made possible through the generosity of the Fromm Music Foundation of Harvard University. It is for one of my oldest and dearest of friends, Genevieve Lee. It uses five original fairy tales written by poet Paul Mann. The piece is approximately twenty five minutes in length. The five fairy tales are:

I - The Messenger

II - Old Woman

III - The Song

IV - Rat-Girl

V - Something Found