Faults

2001 | soprano or mezzo-soprano/piano

Poem by Sara Teasdale.

• Song 4 of The Years
• Song 2 of Come to Me in Dreams

Five

2010 | tenor/clarinet and piano. Also available for tenor and piano.

From the Vedem oratorio and the Vedem song cycle

Poem by Hanus Hachenburg

Five Lovers

Song cycle: On Meeting Again; Lovely in His Bones; This Morning; Second Date; July, 95 degrees

2004 | soprano/piano

Poems by Jama Jandrokovic, cycle length is approximately 8 minutes.

Commissioned by Jama Jandrokovic.

A recording is expected to be released in 2013 on the MSR Classics Label.

For a While – Levi's aria from Uncovered — Scene 5: Motherhood

2020 | tenor/piano or tenor/clarinet/violin/cello/piano

Libretto by Leah Lax

Levi tells of joining the men praying in synagogue early mornings as his holy refuge from the stress of raising a large family, and reveals a very different sense of God than Leah, as if he has separated onto his own path and left her behind. 

Sheet music for sale through MusicaNeo (available through my homepage).

Four Dickinson Songs

Song Cycle: Will There Really Be A Morning?, I’m Nobody, She Died, If I...

1996, with new editions in 2019 | soprano/piano; mezzo-soprano/piano; contralto or countertenor/piano; tenor/piano; baritone/piano; bass/piano

Poems by Emily Dickinson, approximately 9 minutes total.

New editions finished in March 2019 for more voice types and with updated markings and layouts are now available for PDF purchase at my site at MusicaNeo.com

New note regarding If I...

On July 31, 2020, The New Era Voice Festival sponsored by The M Institute for the Arts in DC, presented "In Conversation with Lori Laitman” — and Tracy Cox and I spoke about American art song, women in music, and other topics. Tracy and pianist Thomas Morris performed selections from my Four Dickinson Songs, and in the final song, Tracy sang my setting of the word “fainting” a different way than I had written it — but I loved it, and wondered why I hadn’t thought of this previously.

So, as an alternative, the "ing" of the word “fainting” in m. 11 and m. 31, can be sung on the last 8^th note instead of as written.

Thank you, Tracy and Thomas!

Alternate notes for Tenor in Songs 1 and 3:

Song 1: m. 24 the low Bbs can be sung up an octave

Song 3: m. 68-70 — the low Bb can be sung up an octave. 

IF YOU PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED a copy prior to March 2019 and would like me to email you an updated copy free of charge, please email me at lori@artsongs.com.

Fragment 1

2002, rev.2003, rev. 2010 | baritone/piano trio or mezzo-soprano with piano trio. There are also baritone and mezzo versions with flute instead of violin.

Poem by Anne Ranasinghe

Song 1 of Fathers

Baritone version premiered by Music of Remembrance, Benaroya Hall, April 2003 and mezzo version premiered by Music of Remembrance in March 2010.

Fragment 2

2002, rev.2003, rev. 2010 | baritone/piano trio or mezzo-soprano with piano trio. There are also baritone and mezzo versions with flute instead of violin.

Poem by Anne Ranasinghe

Song 3 of Fathers

Baritone version premiered by Music of Remembrance, Benaroya Hall, April 2003 and mezzo version premiered by Music of Remembrance in March 2010.

Fragment 3

2002, rev.2003, rev. 2010 | baritone/piano trio or mezzo-soprano with piano trio. There are also baritone and mezzo versions with flute instead of violin.

Poem by Anne Ranasinghe

Song 5 of Fathers

Baritone version premiered by Music of Remembrance, Benaroya Hall, April 2003 and mezzo version premiered by Music of Remembrance in March 2010.

Fresh Patterns

2003 | 2 sopranos and piano

Texts from Emily Dickinson and Annie Finch.

Song 3 of Fresh Patterns

Commissioned by Steven Jordheim for Alisa Jordheim.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m 107 for soprano 1 should have a dim. and m. 108 should be a mp, not a p
• m. 113: top soprano line should be forte by the word “apart.” Similarly, bottom vocal line should be forte by the word “today” in m. 116.

TEMPO CHANGE:

Upon revisiting this song, I found that the quarter=176 marking in m. 68 is too fast. I would suggest quarter =144, and then adjust following markings down accordingly.

Fresh Patterns

Song cycle: It’s All I Have to Bring Today; A Letter for Emily Dickinson; Fresh Patterns

2003 | 2 sopranos and piano

Texts from Emily Dickinson and Annie Finch, about 10 minutes long.

Commissioned by Steven Jordheim for Alisa Jordheim.