The Music of Lori Laitman, now available as PDFs
The Ballad Singer (priced for 2 copies)
SM-000353612
- Composer
- Lori Laitman
-
Lyricist
-
Thomas Hardy
- Publisher
- Enchanted Knickers Music
- Genre
-
Classical / Song
- Instrumentation
- Piano, Baritone
- Scored for
- Solo, Accompanying piano
- Type of score
- Piano-vocal score
- Duration
- 2'15"
- Language
- English
- Year of composition
- 1995
Description
In early 1995, I composed The Ballad Singer and Echo for my friend and Yale classmate, baritone Robert Kennedy. Both texts share a theme of lost love and the songs can be paired in recital. Structured in ABA form, The Ballad Singer alternates rowdy sections with dreamy recollections, leading to a frenzied return of the opening theme, and closing with a sigh of resignation.
The premiere recording can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VRxiGgRDy4