Forever and Sunsmell



Category: Musical composition
Dated: 1942
Instrumentation: Low voice and 2 percussion players
Duration: 5'
Premiere and performer(s): October 20, 1942
Dedicated to:
Choreography: Jean Erdman
Published: Edition Peters 6715 © 1960 by Henmar Press
Manuscript: Score (copyist's manuscript for the published version - 3+6 p.) in New York Public Library


The composition consists of 2 parts (the first dramatic, the second lyrical), connected by an unaccompanied hummed interlude. The work follows the phraseology of the dance by Jean Erdman. Text by Edward Estlin Cummings.