The Long LineThe Long Line

Virgil Thomson

Four Saints in Three Acts

Movements

Act I

  1. Tableau 1. "Saint Teresa in a storm at Avila"
  2. Tableau 2. "Saint Teresa could be photographed"
  3. Tableau 3. "Saint Teresa as a young girl being widowed" / "Many saints seen"
  4. Tableau 4. "Could all four saints not only be in brief"
  5. Tableau 5. "Saint Ignatius could be in porcelain"
  6. Tableau 6. "A scene and withers"
  7. Tableau 7. "Saint Teresa has been with him"

Act II

  1. "Act two... Saint Ignatius was very well known"
  2. "How many saints are there in it"
  3. "Scene eight... To wait"

Act III

  1. "Once in a while and where and where around"
  2. "One two three as one"
  3. "Pigeons on the grass alas"
  4. "Scene five... Alive"
  5. "With withdrawn"
  6. Intermezzo

Act IV

  1. "One at a time regularly"
  1. Prologue
  2. Prologue to Act IV. "Act four... How many acts are there in it"

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