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Texas Tape of Scatter the Petals

Recording Details
Description

Length: 10.12 minutes.

North Texas State University Professor of Music William Latham performs Hearst’s poem “Scatter the Petals” set to Lathams’s own haunting and experimental composition featuring the harp, flute, and viola. Dr. Latha’s voice is an instrument itself, soaring then at times silent.

Recording Date
January 9, 1969 (at North Texas State University)