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NADIA ANJUMAN PIANO REDUCTION FOR MEZZO SOPRANO

NADIA ANJUMAN PIANO REDUCTION FOR MEZZO SOPRANO

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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 called the Golden Needle Sewing School. Meeting under the guise of learning how to sew, the meetings were in fact discussions on literature with Herat professors. The project was dangerous: if caught, the punishment could be imprisonment, torture or hanging. Nadia was 21 when the Taliban was ousted. While earning her degree in literature she published her first book of poetry. She married into a family who believed that, since she was a woman, writing brought disgrace on their reputation. Yet she continued to write. At the age of 25 she was beaten to death by her husband. The five poems I chose 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. � Richard Blackford
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  • Release Date: November 01, 2024


  • UPC: 9790708219125


  • Catalog Number: NMP1262


  • Label: Nimbus


  • Number of Discs: 0


  • Composer: Richard Blackford