Crist Bainbridge. Egyptian Impressions /Piano suite/

New York: Carl Fischer, 1915. — 19 p.The American composer Bainbridge Crist (1883–1969) began working life as a lawyer before turning to music full-time. Inter alia, he studied in Berlin with Paul Juon. He made a career as a composer and singing teacher in Washington DC and Massachusetts, and wrote some large scale pieces, including three choreographic dramas, and some tone poems. This suite was published in 1915 and seems to be a piano adaptation of an orchestral work. It is dedicated to the poet Conrad Aiken, whose verse Crist was later to use to preface his Oriental Dances. These pieces are prefaced by verses attributed to 'N. d'Arnoc'—which I suspect is a pseudonym (for Aiken maybe?).
Incidentally, Crist pointed out on the cover page that these pieces were not intended to represent real Egyptian music from antiquity, of which we have no knowledge. This is in contrast to Cyril Scott's set of pieces: 'Egypt', where he vaguely hints that they represent memories from a past life.
1 - Caravan; 2 - To a Mummy; 3 - Katebet; 4 - A Desert Song