Ouroboros: Seasons of Life—Women's Passages
Ouroboros: Seasons of Life—Women's Passages is a Neopagan oratorio by musician, author, and composer Kay Gardner. Written between 1992 and 1994, it was produced by Ladyslipper Records and recorded by an all-female group for the 1994 National Women's Music Festival.[1] Ouroboros: Seasons of Life musically portrays a woman's life cycle from birth to death using Neopagan symbols and imagery.[2] The Triple Goddess aspects of Maiden, Mother, and Crone are prominently featured, as are the four seasons and Neopagan holidays.[3]
CD information: Ouroboros: Seasons of Life—Women's Passages (1994) Ladyslipper; ASIN: B000008T5H
Movements
- Beginning
- Birth/Winter Solstice
- Birth of the Sun-Child
- Birth Interlude
- Birth Chant
- Childhood/Imbolic
- Round Is Magic
- Childhood Interlude
- Childhood Chant
- Puberty/Spring Equinox
- My First Moontime
- Puberty Interlude
- Puberty Chant
- Maidenhood/Beltane
- May Eve
- Maidenhood Interlude
- Maidenhood Chant
- Motherhood/Summer Solstice
- So Newly Come
- I Dance Yes
- Motherhood Interlude
- Menopause/Lammas
- Blood-Rite of the Thirteenth Moon
- Menopause Interlude
- Elderhood/Autumn Equinox
- The Crone
- Elderhood Interlude
- Elderhood Chant
- Death-Rebirth/Samhain
- Death of the Old One
- Death Chant
See also
References
- "Musical meeting". Womanews Section 6. Chicago Tribune. 29 May 1994. p. 4.
- Parker, Christina M. (12 December 1997). "ACCO will perform 'Ouroboros' oratorio". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. D3.
- Marini, Stephen A. (2003). Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music, and Public Culture. University of Illinois Press. pp. 171–182. ISBN 9780252028007.
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