Elegies: A Song Cycle's lyrics & chords

Elegies is a song cycle by William Finn about the loss of friends and family and is a response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Most of the songs were composed in memory of Finn's friends, several of whom died of AIDS. Three songs deal specifically with the passing of his mother, Barbara Finn. The final set of songs deal with the collapse of the World Trade Center and its emotional aftermath. The first performance of the song cycle was directed by Graciela Daniele at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York, it ran from March 2, 2003...read more