Unto Thee I Burn - Song Settings of E.E. Cummings

- Recorded in 2013, Unto Thee I Burn,

the fourth release to see the light of

day arising from the partnership of

Presidential Scholar in the Arts soprano

Eileen Strempel and Québec native,

Eastman School Asst. Prof. Of Chamber

Music & Accompanying pianist Sylvie

Beaudette features songs settings of E.E.

Cummings poetry set to music by North

American Women composers.

- One of America's pre-eminent 20th

c. poets, Cummings was also an

accomplished painter; one of his

paintings adorns the album's cover.

- Ms. Strempel is a noted scholar of song

literature, especially those by women

composers.