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The Poetic Stylings of Claudia Saleeby Savage

front cover of metal used for beauty alone

The Spells:

01: “The Witches Check for Consciousness (Conscientiousness)” p. 17

02: “The Witches Replace Guns with Saxophones” p. 22

03: “The Witches Replace Guns with Saxophones” p. 24

04: “The Witches Replace Guns with Saxophones” p. 25

05: “Maya Youssef and Alice Coltrane Tarab in Heaven” p. 27

06: “Joelle Leandre and Nicole Mitchell Sing to the Witches through Metal and Blood” p. 28

07: “The Witches Stir Sonic Stew” p. 29

08: “The Witches Feign Indifference (But Feel Deeply Again)” p. 34

Performances

“In the Dark Your Anthem Comes, America”

Poem composed and performed by Claudia Saleeby Savage
Music composed and conducted by John C. Savage
This piece, an expansion of The Spells in metal used for beauty alone, was performed as part of
The Most, The All of It: New Music & New Spoken Word
(Presented and performed by the Jazz Composers’ Ensemble at The Old Church, Portland, Oregon, June 2nd, 2023)

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