John Craton

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. A setting of the T.S. Eliot poem for tenor and strings, this version is for tenor and piano. The poem is divided into six movements: “Let us go then” (lines 1-22); “And indeed there will be time” (lines 23-48); “For I have known them all already” (lines 48-74); “And the afternoon, the evening” (lines 75-110); “No! I am not Prince Hamlet” (lines 111-119); and “I grow old...” (lines 120-131). The work was composed for and dedicated to tenor Richard Barrett.

Pages: 37 pp.; 8½” x 11”
Level: Advanced
Performance Time: App. 28 min.

MIDIs of this work can be heard at here

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