| 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. |