Elegies - A Song Cycle

CD Liner Notes: "The dictionary defines elegy as a "song of mourning," and we all know that we mourn people in a variety of ways. We cry, we laugh, we reflect; the most important thing we do is remember, so that the thing or person we mourn lives again. The songs in William Finn's beautiful song cycle "Elegies" are as varied as the act of mourning. Believe me, some of them are hilariously funny. The original title of the show was, in fact, Looking Up -- reflecting the title of the last song as...