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Katy Cruel [No. 5 from The Golden Peacock]

based on an 18th-century American Marching Song
By Robert Dennis
SSATTB Chorus, a cappella
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In 1986 the vocal ensemble The Western Wind asked me to compose a one-minute version of their namesake song, the 16th-century English O Western Wind, to be used as theme music for their National Public Radio program “The Western Wind On The Air.”  From this grew the idea to write a group of settings of “older” folk songs.  Katy Cruel, the last in a set of five, was a popular marching tune in 18th-century New England.

—Robert Dennis

Audio Sample:  Hear an excerpt from Katy Cruel [No. 5 from The Golden Peacock]
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