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Lori Laitman

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Four Dickinson Songs — contralto or countertenor with piano (for 2 downloads)

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Four Dickinson Songs — contralto or countertenor with piano (for 2 downloads)
Composer
Lori Laitman
Lyricist
Emily Dickinson
Publisher
Enchanted Knickers Music
Genre
Classical / Song
Instrumentation
Piano, Contralto, Countertenor
Scored for
Solo, Accompanying piano
Type of score
Piano-vocal score
Duration
10'0"
Language
English
Difficulty
Medium
Year of composition
1996

Description
I composed Four Dickinson Songs in the spring of 1996. The combination of these poems allows for dramatic musical contrasts within the cycle. The wistful Will There Really Be A Morning? gives way to the humorous and bouncy I’m Nobody. The elegiac ambience of She Died is created by a sparse opening piano accompaniment that later alternates with fluid meters. If I..., was written as a gift for my father’s 80th birthday. Its simple, accessible melody passes from voice to piano and back again before ending with the singer humming. My father lived to be almost 100 — and this song always reminds me of him.

These were recorded by Jennifer Check and Warren Jones, and you can listen on YouTube.

Upload date
01.04.2019

Price

Sheet music file
20.00 USD
PDF, 3.40 Mb (25 p.)

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