Sleep, Little Child

Last updated  Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 10:16AM

2003 | Any voice type and piano

Short lullaby, words by Lori Laitman. You can hear Randall Scarlata and Lori Laitman perform this here. 

ERRATA:

Opening metronome marking should be q=86 (NOT 96)

Small Night Song from Oneonta

2007, Revised 2017 | Two versions: one for soprano/piano; one for tenor/piano

Poem by Jeff Gundy

Song 3 of On the Green Trail

Commissioned by Dr. Michelle Latour, published in June 2008.

Snake Lake

2000 | countertenor, mezzo-soprano or baritone/piano

Poem by Thomas Lux

Song 4 of Men with Small Heads

Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.

Click here to see a performance of this song by baritone Andrew Garland and pianist Donna Loewy on YouTube.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m.32, the crescendo should come on the previous eighth note, on the words "They don't."
• m. 49, take a little time
• m. 53, the tempo marking should read "slightly slower," and this newer tempo carries through the next two measures, then the poco rit. starts as written.

Snowy Night

2019 | SATB a cappella

Poem by Mary Oliver

Commissioned by The Donald Sinclair Sutherland Music Endowment for the Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir Matthew Robertson, Director of Music

Some Keep The Sabbath

2009 | soprano/piano

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 1 of In This Short Life

Sometimes You Get A Boo-Boo

2017 | voice/piano

Lyrics by Lori Laitman.

Song 3 of cycle Short Songs for Edward

Composed in November 2017 for my grandson Edward Milton Rosenblum.

Song

1995|soprano/piano

Poem by Christina Rosetti

Song 5 of cycle Days and Nights

I am in the process of reformatting all of my earlier songs, changing some markings and clarifying others. 

If you purchased an earlier version and would like a PDF of the newer version, feel free to email me in May 2018 and I will email you one, gratis.

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

To purchase Tanya Kruse Ruck and Elena Abend performing this song, please click here

Spray

1998 | baritone/piano or mezzo-soprano/piano

Poem by Sara Teasdale

Song 2 of Mystery

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m. 14 and m. 15 are 5/8 measures, not 6/8. Eliminate the last rests in each measure.
• m. 16 is a 6/8 measure. Add a meter sign back.

Stella Remembered

1998 | mezzo-soprano and piano trio

Poem by Karen Gershon

Song 2 of Daughters

Click here to purchase an mp3 from Amazon.

Sunflowers

Song cycle: The Sunflowers, Dreams, Sunrise

1999 | soprano/piano

Poems by Mary Oliver, 14 minutes total.

Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.