for Mezzo Soprano and Piano. Par SOREY TYSHAWN. Death by Tyshawn Sorey was commissioned by the L. A. Opera for a streaming premiere by mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms in February 2021, with pianist Howard Watkins. Its text, by the great Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, imagines just a glimmer of light dawning over a bleak, nightmarish landscape, haunted by death, which the composer explicitly connects to \'the current conditions and precarity of Black life in America in the 20th and 21st centuries\'. (Dunbar himself died in 1906 at the age of 33). This slow and melancholy setting expands the poem into a five-minute lament. This piano/vocal score includes the full text of the poem as well as a brief program note from the composer. Clarifying the racial contexts surrounding the piece, Sorey requests that the roles of both vocalist and pianist be played exclusively by Black American performers. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Mezzo-Soprano et Piano

The Sondheim For Singers series is the most comprehensive multi-volume collection of Sondheim songs ever published.Each volume has a different contents list and includes songs in original keys, as well as appropriate transpositions. An extensive introductory section, featuring plot synopses and comments from Sondheim about his music and shows, is also included.This volume is for Belter/Mezzo-Soprano singers and contains 45 songs, including Can That Boy Foxtrot!, Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man), Do I Hear A Waltz? and Anyone Can Whistle. / Mezzo-Soprano Et Piano