Through the Guarded Gate

American composer Juliana Hall has written more than 50 song cycles and works of vocal chamber music for prestigious commissions and artists such as Dawn Upshaw and David Malis. Here she sets five poems by Margaret Widdemer related to the modern woman. The song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano consists of: The Net; A Mother to the War-Makers; The Old Suffragist; The Modern Woman to Her Lover; The Women's Litany. Each title is also available individually via ePrint.