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Powerfully poignant and equally tender, My Dearest Ruth is a musical setting of the final love letter from Martin Ginsburg to his wife, the opera-loving Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

Based on texts by Robert Service, this cycle of 5 songs for baritone and piano includes: The Heart of the Sourdough, The Lure of the Little Voices, Premonition,

Richard Nickson wrote the texts for these three songs by Larry Allan Smith for tenor or soprano soloist and piano. These modern pieces resemble the songs of Benjamin Britten in their use of the voice,