Chorus of keening women
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Overview
High Note: G5
Low Note: A#3/Bb3
Analysis
The practice of ‘keening’ is a specific mourning ritual performed by women in Ireland lamenting the dead. When Bartley’s body is returned to Maurya, the keening women accompany it. The ensemble also includes some solo lines, one indicated as the character of ‘A Woman’, who
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