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MARY CECIL, VICTORIA CALLIHOO (NÉE BELCOURT) AND ELEANOR (HELENE) THOMAS GARNEAU

Cantata

INSTRUCTIONS
For three vocal groups (of four or more singers) and four or more auxiliary performers

STAGING

Voices

Cloth

Clothes lines

Libretto (pp. 15–61)

Washbasins

Washboards

Water

The score is a diagram that describes the positions, movements, and performance actions of the singers. All the actions take place within a large circle composed of the vocalists, the auxiliary performers and the washbasins. There are six

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