Developing singers will cherish this charming collection of solo songs designed especially for them. Each selection allows young voice students the opportunity to develop creativity, musicality, and
Kohn embarked on discovering and arranging lesser-known folk songs from the American tradition in this set of 15 folk songs. Each is a mini-drama with a story to tell; someone is traveling, working or
Bonds is well known for the melodic richness and emotional intensity of her works, and these Millay settings are no exception. Remarkable for their symphonic textures and sense of drama, the music renders
"American Death Ballads was composed especially for tenor Brian Thorsett and premiered by him at the San Francisco Conservatory, November 1, 2015, with pianist John Churchwell, and at the National
This song cycle is, in part, a mediation on what it means to be a mortal being who exists in time. The first and last movements each present a different take on looking back, and the cycle moves backward in
Emily Dickinson's nature–inspired text has sparked the creativity of many song writers. This newly engraved 2020 version of Perera song cycle is available for mezzo-soprano with piano or with
Lincoln was commissioned for the Lincoln Symposium, Concord, Massachusetts, in celebration of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, February 13, 2009. The string orchestra is scored for
This is Juliana Hall’s first sacred song, a setting of a hymn text by the great hymn writer of the 19th century, Fanny J. Crosby. The song is suitable for concert performance or for use in a religious
O Mistress Mine follows a narrative arc illuminating the ever-changing nature of love, from the time we first encounter it as youths to our awareness as we age of its many varying qualities.
This vocal duet arranged for treble and bass or equal voices is just as feisty as the original SATB version. Based on a protest song from the 16th-century German Peasants' War, this song was reintroduced in
Hall presents a new setting of the same nine sonnets set by Benjamin Britten in his cycle of the same name, providing an alternative view of Donne’s deeply moving and thought-provoking texts on the
William Carpenter's prose poem expresses the longing of a group of widows as they reunite with their husbands in memory. This musical setting for soprano and baritone duet with flute, viola, and piano
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,
Inspired by the great classical song cycles that use poetry about nature, Sara Teasdale's text provides descriptive poetry that Esenvalds sets beautifully and expressively. The phrases are short, which
Ogden Nash is often cited as our country's best-known author of humorous poetry. His style emphasizes unconventional rhyming schemes and invented words. These three poems express a loose narrative of
Although the texts are adapted from poems by the Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916), the poet's intent, imagery, cadence, and the soulful message remain intact. The composer's wish is that these
The monodrama Ahab is the third that Hall has created with librettist Caitlin Vincent. This ten-minute work takes an imaginary approach to the final moments in the life of Herman Melville's
This poem by John Keats has been set into a cycle of eight songs for baritone and piano by modern American composer Ben Moore. Songs include: My heart aches; O, for a draught; Fade far away; Away!
On the surface, this 1941 Elizabeth Bishop poem is about roosters. More specifically, roosters in Key West, where the poet spent a decade. But the subtexts could not be any more appropriate in terms of
This text was adapted from Mark Twain's The War Prayer, which he wrote in 1904-5 to protest America’s involvement in the Spanish-American War. His family convinced him to keep if from