The Crazy Woman

"The Crazy Woman" is the third song in William Bolcom's cycle I Will Breathe a Mountain, which sets the poetry of several American women poets. The cycle is for mezzo-soprano and piano.

Date: 1991Composer: William BolcomText: Gwendolyn BrooksSong Collection: I Will Breathe a Mountain

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The Crazy Woman
by Gwendolyn Brooks

I Will Breathe a Mountain

I shall not sing a May song.
A May song should be gay.
I’ll wait until November
And sing a song of gray.

I’ll wait until November.
That is the time for me.|
I’ll go out in the frosty dark
And sing most terribly

And all the little people
Will stare at me and say,
“That is the Crazy Woman
Who would not sing in May.”

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I Will Breathe a Mountain

Composer(s): William Bolcom

Song(s): 1. Pity Me Not Because the Light of Day
2. How To Swing Those Obbligatos Around
3. The Crazy Woman
4. Just Once Text: Anne Sexton
5. Never More Will The Wind
6. The Sage Text: Denise Levertov
7. O To Be a Dragon
8. The Bustle in a House
9. I Saw Eternity
10. Night Practice
11. The Fish

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