To High Spirits

To High Spirits for voice and piano

Text by Kenneth Koch

Dennis Tobenski

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Kenneth Koch (1925 – 2002)

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Copyright © 2009 Dennis Tobenski. All Rights Reserved "To High Spirits" from New Addresses by Kenneth Koch, published by Alfred A. Knopf.

Copyright © 2000 by Keneth Koch.

Used with the kind permission of the Kenneth Koch Literary Estate.

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New York, NY 26 October 2009

T82-V2009-5 / ISMN 979-0-800070-02-0 40"

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