Song of Black Max (As Told by the de Kooning Boys)
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Song of Black Max (As Told by the de Kooning Boys) (Search) |
| Composer(s): | William Bolcom |
| Author(s): | Arnold Weinstein |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Acrobatics; Artists; Beds; Black; Bodies; Bowing; Bridges; Cabarets; Capes; Carlo; Charlatans; Coffins; Crazy; Cures; Curls; Death; Descriptions; Dollhouses; Dressing; Dying; Eerie; Harmonicas; Hats; Jackets; Jails; Knitting; Kooning, Willem de; Macabre; Marco; Mathematics; Metaphor; Music; Mysterious; Mystery; Nefarious; Neighborhoods; Night; Nightlife; Organs; Painters; Prostitutes; Raising; Red light districts; Rotterdam; Selling; Smiles; Sons; Speaking; Sprechstimme; Streets; Syphilis; Talking; Thin; Tracks; Trains; United States of America; Vito; Walking; Windows |
| First Line | He was always dressed in black (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1977 - 1978 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Cabaret Songs Volume 1 (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.jwpepper.com/Cabaret-Songs-Complete-/10073706.item#/submit |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/4AF4tgkptDPCkdEMf9e5aX |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Cabaret Songs Volume 1, no. 5 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
| Range: | Bb3 - D5 (Search) |
| Original Key | B minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano & William Bolcom, piano; July 18, 1978 (Search) |
| Notes | Based on the memories of Bolcom’s friend, painter Willem de Kooning, about a real-life character from his childhood who roamed the streets of Rotterdam (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Edward B. Marks Music (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | String quartet (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |