If I...

2004 | chorus

Arrangement by Bruce Rosenblum, from the last song in my Four Dickinson Songs.

I'm Nobody

1996 |versions for soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass with piano are available on my site at MusicaNeo (links on homepage).

Poem by Emily Dickinson.

Song 2 of Four Dickinson Songs.

In This Short Life

Song cycle: Some Keep The Sabbath; I Stepped From Plank To Plank; In This Short Life

2010 | soprano/piano

2020 | tenor/piano

This short cycle, using three poems by Emily Dickinson, commemorates three important events: my mother’s 90th and 92nd birthdays and my father’s 95th birthday.

I created a version for tenor in December of 2020.

In This Short Life

2010 | soprano/piano

2020 | tenor/piano

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 3 of In This Short Life

It’s All I Have to Bring Today

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 1 of Fresh Patterns

Commissioned by Steven Jordheim for Alisa Jordheim.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• If it’s easier, you can cresc. into the F sharp in m. 14.
• In m. 4, the word "to" should be the word "you"

Over the Fence

1995 | soprano/piano

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 4 of cycle Days and Nights

To purchase Phyllis Bryn-Julson and Seth Knopp performing this song, please click here

To purchase Sonya Baker and Vicki Berneking performing this song, please click here

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m. 37, the subito piano has been moved to after the downbeat.

She Died

1996 | versions for soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass with piano are available on my site at MusicaNeo (links on homepage).

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 3 of Four Dickinson Songs

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m. 6, the B flat in the piano part should be marked mp.
• Beginning in m. 19, there should be a marking “poco a poco accel.”
• m. 62 the piano part should be almost a mf, and the first note in the RH should have a tenuto.
• m. 66, there should be a tenuto marking on the first note of the piano.
• m. 70 should be marked mf, and there should be a tenuto marking on the first note of the piano.

IN THE NEWER EDITION FROM MARCH 2019 — please note the following:

m. 24 - the word on beat 1+ should be "was" — not "is"

m. 42-43 in the mezzo soprano version: the Db should be tied over

And in the newest edition from NOVEMBER 20, 2019, I changed the notation for all voice types in m. 42-43 - the held note is now a half note tied to a dotted half (and then tied over to the next measure), which more accurately reflects the beat breakdown.

m. 60 Piano starting beat 3: Accidentals had been missing in some of the parts

and the enharmonic spellings were also incorrect. The corrections are as follows:

Corrections as follows:

Mezzo-soprano and Baritone: last 3 beats are C#s, two in the LH and one in the RH

Contralto/Countertenor/Bass: last 3 beats are B naturals: two in the LH and one in the RH hand

Alternate notes for tenor from m. 68-70: sing the Bb up an octave.

Some Keep The Sabbath

2009 | soprano/piano

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 1 of In This Short Life

The Book

1997 | soprano/piano

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 2 of Between the Bliss and Me

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m. 35, the piano part notes are now changed to a grace note C sharp leading up to a D

The Butterfly upon

2003 | soprano/piano

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 1 of One Bee And Revery