Baritone Voice and Piano

SKU: BT.PMC3865

Baritone and piano. Composed by Morten Lauridsen. Score Only. Composed 2011. 12 pages. Peermusic Classical #PMC3865. Published by Peermusic Classical (BT.PMC3865).

The Two Songs on American Poems were composed in late May and early June of 2011 by candlelight at my rustic waterfront cabin on a remote island off the northwest coast of Washington State. It was in this locale that I havecompleted a number of works over the years, including the Lux Aeterna, O Magnum Mysterium, Nocturnes, Canticle/O Vos Omnes and others. Prayer was written in memory of Michael Jasper Gioia, Dana and Mary Gioia's infant son, whosebrief life was tragically ended by SIDS.Mr. Gioia served as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003-2010 and has authored several books of poems, numerous anthologies, articles, essays and two opera libretti. Amonghis many awards are the American Book Award and Presidential Citizens Medal. He currently holds the Judge Widney Chair of Poetry and Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Sure on this Shining Night was originallycomposed as a choral piece, the third movement of my Nocturnes on poems by Rilke, Neruda and Agee. Rod Gilfry, an international star of opera, recital and musical theater, premiered the mixed duet version with his daughter, Carin,in 2009. He is Professor of Vocal Studies at the USC Thornton School of Music. Both he and Mr. Gioia are national treasures. The Two Songs are designed as a pair but may be sung independently - when paired, Sure On This ShiningNight should begin immediatelyfollowing the final, sustained chord of Prayer with no break in between the songs. Both of these songs, premiered by Mr. Gilfry accompanied by the composer at a USC Visions & Voices tribute to DanaGioia on September 27, 2011, have their roots in the American musical theater and should be sung as such.

Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Jule Styne. For voice and piano. From the Broadway musical "Gypsy". Format: vocal score. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment and lyrics. Broadway. 192 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, music by Richard Rodgers. Songbook for voice and piano. From the Broadway musical "Carousel". 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Songbook (spiral bound) for voice and piano. 143 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Music and Lyrics for 100 Standards from the Golden Age of American Song. By Various. E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and electronic keyboard). Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard.

Opera in One Act. By William Schuman. For Soprano, Tenor, Mezzo-Soprano I, Mezzo-Soprano II, Baritone, Orchestra. This edition: condensed score. Premiere performance by Glimmerglass Opera, June 24, 1989 in Cooperstown, NY. Classical. Piano/Vocal Score. 136 pages. Duration 50:00. Published by Theodore Presser Company.