Guitar and voice - Intermediate SKU: DY.DO-1538 Composed by David Leisner...(+)
Guitar and voice -
Intermediate
SKU:
DY.DO-1538
Composed
by David Leisner. Score.
Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan #DO 1538.
Published by Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1538).
ISBN
9782897963187.
When
guitarist John Olson and
soprano Gioia De Cari
commissioned me to write
a piece for them, I envi-
sioned writing something
theatrical that might
especially suit Gioia,
who is both a singer and
an actress. Eventually, I
thought of Mark Twain.
The great American writer
and humorist of substance
wrote a short,
little-known book called
The Diary of Adam and
Eve, which is, of course,
about the first days of
human life on this earth,
in Twainâs witty,
but touching take on the
Bible story. Adam and Eve
each write diary entries.
I chose several passages
from Eveâs diary
that convey the sense of
constant wonder that she
felt because absolutely
everything in her world
was new.
Setting
prose, rather than
poetry, is a challenge
for a composer because it
has neither the innate
rhythm nor the lyricism
of poetry. On some
intuitive level, this
challenge led me to a
process that allowed the
music to evolve mostly
from the guitar part.
Whereas normally the
vocal melody might emerge
first, motivated by the
text and with the
accompaniment then added
for support, here the
guitar part was the prime
mover. An example of this
is the last song, which
is a passacaglia played
by the guitar, providing
the ground over which the
vocal line can soar.
Eveâs Diary was
composed in
2015.
SKU: HL.1139323 For Voice and Guitar. Composed by Josephine S...(+)
SKU:
HL.1139323
For
Voice and Guitar.
Composed by Josephine
Stephenson. Vocal.
Softcover. Alphonse Leduc
#AL30897. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.1139323).
ISBN
9781705183922. UPC:
196288114871.
From
a short French poem by
Antoine Thiollier,
Stephenson uses an
Oulipian process to
amalgamate the words with
similar sounding English
words to gradually
abstract the meaning
behind them; the words
seemingly melt into
musical sounds. The
hypnotic nature of the
guitar writing allows
this to happen almost
imperceptibly with long
phrases of sustained
emotional atmosphere
rising and falling quite
naturally before the
music appears to gently
evaporate at the close.
The way in which the two
languages merge is a
touching reflection of
the fact that Stephenson
and (Heloise) Werner,
friends since childhood
in Paris, both moved to
the UK to study and there
continued their long
friendship. (Colin
Alexander).
Guitar; Voice SKU: UT.CH-405 Composed by Vincenzo Bellini. Arranged by Ma...(+)
Guitar; Voice
SKU:
UT.CH-405
Composed by
Vincenzo Bellini.
Arranged by Mario
Martino. Classical.
Score. Ut Orpheus #CH
405. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.CH-405).
ISBN 9790215328662. 9
x 12
inches.
Quando
verrà quel dì (Il
fervido desiderio); La
tomba di Fille (Dolente
immagine di Fille mia);
Vaga luna che inargenti;
Malinconia ninfa gentile;
Vanne, o rosa fortunata;
Bella Nice, che
dâamore; Almen se
non possâio; Per
pietà , bellâidol
mio; Ma rendi pur
contento; O crudel che il
mio pianto non vedi;
Odiò la pastorella;
Venticiel che lâali
dâoro (Il zeffiro);
Guarda che bianca luna;
La ricordanza; La
farfalletta