The Music of Lori Laitman, now available as PDFs
Money — for tenor and piano (priced for 2 copies)
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- Composer
- Lori Laitman
-
Lyricist
-
Dana Gioia
- Publisher
- Enchanted Knickers Music
- Genre
-
Classical / Song
- Instrumentation
- Piano, Tenor
- Scored for
- Solo, Accompanying piano
- Type of score
- Piano-vocal score
- Duration
- 2'0"
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Year of composition
- 2003
Description
In my attempt to capture the humor of “Money” I mirror the slang of the poem with harmonies that are theatrical in nature, and use musical sequences to match the sequences found in the poem. A dreamier middle section appears as the singer fantasizes about the power of money, and the song comes to a close with a return of the opening up-tempo (and a happy shout).
The song was part of a 50th birthday present for my husband Bruce Rosenblum.
It is available in solo and duet versions, for numerous voice types.
You can hear Stephen Powell’s rendition on his Grammy-nominated CD “American Composers at Play”.