SKU: SU.29020130
Settings of poetry by DREAMer (immigrants who were brought to the US as minors and have since had difficulties adjusting their legal status) poets (In English) 4 Songs: I. Cenzóntle; II. How I Learned to Walk; III. Between Chou and the Butterfly; IV. Such AsMezzo-Soprano and Piano Duration: 23 Composed: 2017 Published by: Distributed Composer.
SKU: CF.V2509
ISBN 9781491164716. UPC: 680160923625.
Ulysses Kay's Fugitive Songs, written for mezzo-soprano and piano, was first performed at Illinois Wesleyan University in May of 1956. The song cycle includes eight short songs, all dedicated to his wife. Each song has text written by various poets including Herman Hagedorn, Lizette Reese, Carl Young Rice, Frederic Ridgeley Torrence, Florence Wilkerson, Wittner Bynner, and Elsa Baxter.
SKU: SU.32040040
Mezzo-Soprano & Piano Duration: 17' Composed: 2014 Published by: Amy Mills Music, LLC These three art songs can be performed independently or in sequence, at any time of the year. Stuart McAlpine’s profound text explores three men from the Christmas story, Joseph, the Inn-keeper, and Simeon. The creative and beautiful musical settings allow for powerfully dramatic interpretation and performance. To Joseph (who taught me how to look at art) The singer sings to Joseph, …you beheld a work of art, the making of a holy heart… and watching through Joseph’s eyes, when hung at last, its meaning was decreed. (4:40) The Inn-keeper’s Lament McAlpine brilliantly explores the possibility…what if the inn-keeper who turned away Mary & Joseph later became the inn-keeper who accepted the injured man brought in by the Good Samaritan? This powerfully dramatic piece depicts the Bethlehem inn-keeper’s bravado, Caeser’s decree was heaven sent, as guests raised glasses, I raised rent! But as the enormity of his mistake became apparent, in later years he bemoans, …if I’d known then what I know now… and finally declares at the end, I know now! (7:50) Simeon’s Last Prayer Simeon sings of being summoned to the temple where he holds his infant Savior. …then as grandfathers do, rejoiced as if he were my one-and-only too. As he leaves he whispers his final prayer, …dismiss your servant, to find You face-to-face. (4:30) Difficulty Level: Baritone/Mezzo-Soprano 6 (Professional) (Baritone Range: low A (optional low G) to high F# (optional high G,A) (Mezzo Range: low A (optional low G) to high G (optional high A) Piano 6 (Professional)(Same level as Debussy or Ravel) See also the version for Baritone Voice and Piano See composer website for audio sample.
SKU: HL.48024511
ISBN 9783793142331. 9.0x12.0 inches.
Using four well-known poems by Else Lasker-Schüler as basis of a vocal work does not mean “setting to music†in the customary sense to the composer Lothar Voigtländer from Dresden: The colourful figure of the poetess, her unusual imageries, her (even religious) visions, as well as her close relation with renowned fine artists of her time had been on his mind for quite some time and in 2009 found their way into this composition: The dramatic, irregularly declaiming singing voice is harmonised with mystic, exotic piano farlands and the sounds of bells. At the composition competition of the Viennese Mahler Society in 2010, the songs were awarded the 1st prize.
SKU: HL.49045888
9.0x12.0x0.14 inches.
The work of Mira Lobe has accompanied me since childhood, and especially since I began my career as a composer. When looking for suitable song texts, I quickly find what I need in her work. The song cycle Lob(e)lieder [Lobes Songs or Songs of Praise] is based on poems from Zwei Elefanten, die sich gut kannten [Two elephants who knew each other well]. Each song tells an animal story in a concise form with virtuosic word play. These colourful poetic miniatures carry large musical potential; it is not only the humour ofthe stories that inspired me, but also their language quality. Elisabeth Naske. German.
SKU: SU.27160560
Mezzo-Soprano & Piano Composed: 1976 Published by: C. Swigart Music.
SKU: SU.27160370
Mezzo-Soprano & Piano Composed: 1992 Published by: C. Swigart Music.
SKU: BA.BA11022
ISBN 9790006542307. 34 x 27.5 cm inches. Text Language: Italian. Text: Dino Campana.
For Beat Furrer, the poet Dino Campana (1885–1932) is “probably the only one of the Italian writers of his time who was capable of bringing to life the new futuristic ideas with a great poetic power and a strong association with the Italian and French literature of the past.†Campana’s highly poetic images taking in the night-time view of the skies, for instance, or a town in which the people seem to wander around like lost souls, become a fantasy on endlessness, an unforgettable musical impressions in Furrer’s songs.
SKU: SU.21010030
Texts by Robert BrowningMezzo-Soprano & Piano Duration: 6’ Composed: after 1996 Published by: Estate of Edward T. Cone.
SKU: SU.50030260
Copyright 1973. Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: SU.50023330
Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: SU.50021800
