Joseph Klein's Goblin Market (1993)

Joseph Klein’s musical adaptation of “Goblin Market,” which he sets for solo trombonist and prepared piano, is the most experimental musical treatment of Rossetti’s poem that we have yet encountered. Klein’s program notes indicate that “The work itself is not intended as a programmatic representation of the poem, but is rather a structural and psychological study of the actions and characters portrayed therein; as such, it exists as a parallel or alternate realization of the original, almost as a shadow or specter.” Klein’s interpretation probes the psychology of the poem, and while it makes minimal use of text from Rossetti's poem, Klein's composition is closely modeled on the poem formally and structurally as well as psychologically. The result is a compelling, creative, and completely original adaptation of Rossetti’s poem. 

Source: 

Klein, Joseph. “Goblin Market.” Joseph Klein, Division of Composition Studies, College of Music, University of North Texas, josephklein.music.unt.edu/compositions/goblin_market. Accessed 15 Dec. 2017.