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Sunday
Feb262012

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
Thursday
Mar012012

The Breather

2003 | baritone/piano

Poem by Paul Muldoon.

Song 4 of The Throwback

Click here to purchase an mp3 from Amazon.

Thursday
Mar012012

The Butterfly

1996, rev. 2018 | soprano/alto saxophone; soprano/clarinet or soprano/bassoon

Poem by Pavel Friedman, a child killed in the Holocaust.

In 2018, I bought back my copyright for this work, and came out with a new edition.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with saxophone, please click here.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with clarinet, please click here.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with bassoon, please click here.

Hard copies are available for purchase at www.classicalvocalrep.com.

For soprano with saxophone, click here.

For soprano with clarinet, click here.

For soprano with bassoon, click here

For recording licenses, please email me at lori@artsongs.com.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

  • the opening sax solo can be very free in tempo
  • in m. 34 -35 there can be a bit of an accel, but then stretch again in m. 36
  • m. 40 the tempo can stretch a bit but resume the a tempo in m. 41
  • m. 61, the broaden should come nearer the end of the measure
  • the voice should "float" from m. 76-77
  • m. 85 into 86, there should be a cresc. to forte
Thursday
Mar012012

The Butterfly upon

2003 | soprano/piano

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Song 1 of One Bee And Revery

Friday
Mar022012

The China Cup

2002 | soprano/piano

Poem by Janet Coleman

Song 4 of Within These Spaces

Commissioned by The Nebraska Music Teachers Association.

Recorded on Within These Spaces.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

[None]

Friday
Feb102012

The Earth and I

Choral cycle: The Sun Went Down, The Sky Is Low, The Wind

2011 | SATB

An a cappella choral cycle that sets three Emily Dickinson poems, about 8 minutes long.

View and buy printable sheet music (PDF)

The title is taken from a line in the first song, but all of the poems are ruminations on nature and life, as seen from Dickinson’s unique perspective.

Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker, who underwrote this commission from the Washington Master Chorale under the artistic direction of Thomas Colohan.

The Washington Master Chorale premiered the work on December 18, 2011 at the Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, MD.

Click here to read The Washington Post’s review of the concert.

Tuesday
Feb282012

The Flower On The Mountainside

2011 | tenor/piano

A motet by Eugenio Montale, in translation by Dana Gioia.

Song 1 of cycle Dark Spring

Thursday
Mar012012

The Garden

1996, rev. 2018 | soprano/alto saxophone; soprano/clarinet or soprano/bassoon

Poem by Franta Bass, a child killed in the Holocaust.

In 2018, I bought back my copyright for this work, and came out with a new edition.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with saxophone, please click here.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with clarinet, please click here.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with bassoon, please click here.

Hard copies are available for purchase at www.classicalvocalrep.com.

For soprano with saxophone, click here.

For soprano with clarinet, click here.

For soprano with bassoon, click here

For recording licenses, please email me at lori@artsongs.com.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

  • m. 19, the sax part should now have a rest on beat 2+ (on the voice "A")
  • m. 25, the sax part should now have a rest on beat 3 (on the voice "when")
  • there should be a cresc. from m. 35 into m. 36, and then there can be a diminuendo during the long hold.
Thursday
Mar012012

The God of Dirt

2001 | mezzo-soprano/piano

Poem by Mary Oliver

Song 2 of One Or Two Things

Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.

Friday
Mar022012

The Hour

1991-1992 | soprano/piano

Poem by Sara Teasdale

Song 5 of The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs