A new anthology of songs suitable for diploma-level performance. Available for high or low voice both volumes contain 22 songs in languages including English French Italian Welsh Catalan and Hindi with English translations included. Performance notes by Luise Horrocks available to download for free from trinitycollege.com/music-books
SKU: BA.BA11091
ISBN 9790006565252. 29.8 x 21 cm inches. Language: German. Text: Schlegel, Friedrich.
With their very accessible style and expressive interpretation of the words, these contemporary works continue in the tradition of classical and romantic song cycles and will form a form a welcome addition to every song recital. Abendröte is a cycle that brooks comparison with the songs Schubert wrote on the same set of Schlegel poems: Trojahn has composed the poems Schubert chose not to set.
SKU: BT.PMC3865
The Two Songs on American Poems were composed in late May and early June of 2011 by candlelight at my rustic waterfront cabin on a remote island off the northwest coast of Washington State. It was in this locale that I havecompleted a number of works over the years, including the Lux Aeterna, O Magnum Mysterium, Nocturnes, Canticle/O Vos Omnes and others. Prayer was written in memory of Michael Jasper Gioia, Dana and Mary Gioia's infant son, whosebrief life was tragically ended by SIDS.Mr. Gioia served as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003-2010 and has authored several books of poems, numerous anthologies, articles, essays and two opera libretti. Amonghis many awards are the American Book Award and Presidential Citizens Medal. He currently holds the Judge Widney Chair of Poetry and Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Sure on this Shining Night was originallycomposed as a choral piece, the third movement of my Nocturnes on poems by Rilke, Neruda and Agee. Rod Gilfry, an international star of opera, recital and musical theater, premiered the mixed duet version with his daughter, Carin,in 2009. He is Professor of Vocal Studies at the USC Thornton School of Music. Both he and Mr. Gioia are national treasures. The Two Songs are designed as a pair but may be sung independently - when paired, Sure On This ShiningNight should begin immediatelyfollowing the final, sustained chord of Prayer with no break in between the songs. Both of these songs, premiered by Mr. Gilfry accompanied by the composer at a USC Visions & Voices tribute to DanaGioia on September 27, 2011, have their roots in the American musical theater and should be sung as such.
SKU: MB.30897M
ISBN 9781513472799. 8.75X11.75 inches.
This unique anthology enhances the voice and classic guitar repertoire with newly revised transcriptions of many of the most popular works of Schubert, Mozart, and Giuliani. It also includes four folksongs arranged by noteworthy mid-nineteenth-century English composer/guitarists.The 22 selections in this book lie well within the technical reach of vocalists and guitarists alike and will make an engaging addition to concert and recital programs. As the human voice brings an added lyrical dimension to any musical performance, audiences will love this music.Includes an outstanding online audio recording by the author and soprano, Kate Rawls.
