The Music of Lori Laitman, now available as PDFs
The Years — for mezzo-soprano (or soprano) with piano (priced for 2 copies)
SM-000555687
- Composer
- Lori Laitman
-
Lyricist
-
Sara Teasdale
- Publisher
- Enchanted Knickers Music
- Genre
-
Classical / Song
- Instrumentation
- Piano, Soprano, Mezzo-soprano
- Scored for
- Solo, Accompanying piano
- Type of score
- Piano-vocal score
- Duration
- 9'0"
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Year of composition
- 2001
Description
During the summer of 2001, my parents-in-law, Eleanor Slimp Rosenblum and Gershen Rosenblum, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The Years cycle is a tribute to their half century of loving devotion, and the last four poems of the cycle reflect on various aspects of marriage. The first song, Jewels, represents what might have been if my in-laws had followed convention instead of their hearts, as in 1951, interfaith marriages were far less common than the present day.
You can hear the premiere recording on the Albany CD "Dreaming — The Songs of Lori Laitman"