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Lori Laitman

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Mystery — cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano (priced for 2 copies)

SM-000519543
Composer
Lori Laitman
Lyricist
Sara Teasdale
Publisher
Enchanted Knickers Music
Genre
Classical / Song
Instrumentation
Piano, Mezzo-soprano
Scored for
Solo, Accompanying piano
Type of score
Piano-vocal score
Duration
10'30"
Language
English
Difficulty
Difficult
Year of composition
1998

Description
Mystery [1998], a song cycle for either baritone or mezzo-soprano, sets five poems by American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933). These poems reflect on love and its enigmas. The opening song, Nightfall, sets a lyric vocal line against a piano part that portrays the lovers’ past walks together as well as their unhappy present. Spray begins violently, with the piano suggesting the crashing of waves. Joining in with rapid declamations, the vocal line then transitions to a calmer reflection on love. The Kiss is set as a parody, humorously juxtaposing the old parlor song style of the vocal line with a more contemporary piano part containing dissonance and rhythmic displacements. The long vocal lines in The Mystery merge with a simple piano accompaniment to create a feeling of yearning. The most complex texture of the cycle is found in The Rose, in which intricate weavings between voice and piano combine with constant meter changes and mood shifts. The song culminates in a quiet variation of the opening as the singer reminisces on love lost.

You can hear the composer perform this with baritone William Sharp at the following URLs:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBerx7qymE
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8CfyXfT0k
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbko5-27Uw
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxVbaI9xtQ
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBTAWEJrGmc

Upload date
06.01.2021

Price

Sheet music file
20.00 USD
PDF, 6.00 Mb (27 p.)

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