9790708192237

Richard Blackford: Songs Of Nadia Anjuman - A Song Cycle (Study Score For Soprano & String Orchestra)

Richard Blackford

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Format: BK

Cat No: NMP1173

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Release Date:  01 March 2024

Label:  Nimbus Music Publishing

Packaging Type:  Paper Back Book

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  9790708192237

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Richard Blackford

  • Description

    Nadia Anjuman (1980-2005) was an Afghan poet writing during a period of turmoil. In 1995, when the Taliban captured Herat, her birthplace, women's liberties were drastically reduced. A gifted student, Nadia faced a future with no hope of education. With other women she attended an underground educational circle, Golden Needle Sewing School. Meeting uder the guise of learning how to sew, the meetings were in fact discussions on literature with Herat professors. While earning her degree in literature she published her first book of poetry. The five poems chosen are wide-ranging and cover extremes of emotion: from love; to delight in being a poet; to despair at her lack of freedom; and even contemplation of suicide.