Word: quatuor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...striking. Also effective is "The Ox-Cart Driver's Song" for soprano and piano, sung by Elsic Houston with plenty of barbaric yawp. The song is impressive even if you don't care for barbaric yawp; if you do, it's doubly powerful. The last selection in the album, "Quatuor" for flute, harp, celesta, and women's voices, is something of a disappointment. Written during a period of strong Debussy influence, it is overly imitative, and except for the delightful last movement lacks the imagination and freshness of the other pieces...