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The Boy from Deerfield — A One Act Chamber Opera
Composer: Martin Halpern
Librettist: Martin Halpern
Premiere Date: May 21, 2000
Producing Company: The Lark Ascending, New York
Description: Set in Boston shortly before the American Revolution, the opera centers on a naive country boy who comes to seek out a rich and powerful Tory relative in hopes of advancement. What he finds is a city beset by rabid political conflict. When his relative finally appears, he has been tarred and feathered by revolutionaries, and in the end is assassinated before the boy's eyes.
Length: 00:30
Total Acts: 1
Chorus: Speaking Chorus
Orchestration: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quintet, timpani/percussion. Piano reduction also available
Musical Style: Extended tonality, ^i.e.`, often chromatic but with clear tonal centers
Contact: Martin Halpern or Nancy Bogen, c/o "The Lark Ascending"
Address: 160 Henry Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

31 Jane Street, #17B
New York, NY 10014
E-mail Address: marhalp@aol.com or 102004.274@compuserve.com
Phone: 718-858-1549
Composer Web Site: http://www.martinhalpern.com/

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