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

  1. Beginning
  2. Birth/Winter Solstice
    1. Birth of the Sun-Child
    2. Birth Interlude
    3. Birth Chant
  3. Childhood/Imbolic
    1. Round Is Magic
    2. Childhood Interlude
    3. Childhood Chant
  4. Puberty/Spring Equinox
    1. My First Moontime
    2. Puberty Interlude
    3. Puberty Chant
  5. Maidenhood/Beltane
    1. May Eve
    2. Maidenhood Interlude
    3. Maidenhood Chant
  6. Motherhood/Summer Solstice
    1. So Newly Come
    2. I Dance Yes
    3. Motherhood Interlude
  7. Menopause/Lammas
    1. Blood-Rite of the Thirteenth Moon
    2. Menopause Interlude
  8. Elderhood/Autumn Equinox
    1. The Crone
    2. Elderhood Interlude
    3. Elderhood Chant
  9. Death-Rebirth/Samhain
    1. Death of the Old One
    2. Death Chant

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Musical meeting". Womanews Section 6. Chicago Tribune. 29 May 1994. p. 4.
  2. ↑ Parker, Christina M. (12 December 1997). "ACCO will perform 'Ouroboros' oratorio". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. D3.
  3. ↑ 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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