Koosharem: A Ceremony of Innocence
Koosharem: A Ceremony of Innocence
1973, cl, cb, perc and pf, Seesaw Music, 12'
"This 12 minute work is substantial and professional, if not sensational."
Tom Johnson, Village voice, May, 1973
"There were highs, of course, among them David Cope's Koosharem: A Ceremony
of Innocence, which captured a mysterious mood through whispered and croaked
words in the style of George Crumb's 'Echoes of Time and the River."
Donald Henahan, New York Times, May 10, 1973
"David Cope's Koosharem: A Ceremony of Innocence is an ensemble work al la
George Crumb, but much more interesting, as music, than a lot of Crumb's works.
Whatever the specific ritual of the title, it is certainly ceremonial in the abstract."
CCT Review, vol.1, no.2, 1973