Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / Typescript and manuscript. Vita. For 2 choruses (SATB), 2 speakers, and instrumental ensemble (piano, harp, percussion, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, trumpet, horn, bass trombone, 2 violins, 2 violoncellos, and 2 double basses); performance also requires people to control slide projections and lighting changes. English words. Text for score is from Credo one and Credo two, by Gavin Arthur; text read by speakers before the beginning of the piece is by Jalal ud-din Rumi, a 13th-cent. mystical Persian poet. Includes performance instructions. Includes the compositions "Winter's not forever (on three poems by e. e. cummings) for soprano, female speaker, and six players" (leaves 124-148) and "--And it always will be (for percussion soloist with orchestra)" (leaves 149-186) by the author. "Winter's not forever": for soprano, speaker, flute, horn, bass clarinet, double bass, percussion, and piano/celeste. Description based on print version record.