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What am I Doing Here PVG
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.984013 Composed b…
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.984013 Composed by Steven H. Boothe. Arranged by Ashley Ivers. Christian,Pop. 6 pages. Boothe Publishing #4360965. Published by Boothe Publishing (A0.984013). One of my auntie's got killed coming home from work late one evening by a drunk driver who was not obeying the traffic signals. I remember thinking to myself that this wasn't fair. It wasn't right. This was the first time that someone close to me was ushered out of this world. I started looking at my own life. Was I ready to leave this world behind? My auntie didn't get to decide. One moment she was here. The next she was gone, leaving her children behind. As I looked at myself I noticed there were a lot of flaws in my character. I liked some things about myself, however, there were a lot of other character traits where I felt that I was lacking in integrity and honesty. The question, What am I doing here? made me want to correct those flaws so that I could feel good about meeting God when I leave this world. I have found that change is possible.
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Believe in Yourself PVG
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.983992 Composed b…
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.983992 Composed by Steven H. Boothe. Arranged by Ashley Ivers. Christian,Pop. 9 pages. Boothe Publishing #4360819. Published by Boothe Publishing (A0.983992). I was asked to sing a solo in church when I was 9 or 10 years old, and boy was I prepared to do it. I had practiced it until it was perfect. I walked right up to that pulpit at church, nodded to my accompanist to start playing, and then I looked out at the audience. That's when I lost it. There must have been 1000 people there. I promptly forgot all of the words and started looking around for my Mom. Ah, there she was. Noticing the abject look of terror on my face she smiled at me and started mouthing the words to me. My knees trembling, my whole body shaking, I sang every word that she mouthed to me. By the time I sat down I had decided that I was never going to sing again. However, on the way back to my mother, so many people told me that I did a good job that I decided maybe I would sing again. I believe in myself. I also believe that God is my Father and that Jesus Christ , who is my elder brother, is the Savior of the world.
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the time I sat down I had decided that I was never going to sing again
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Il Tramonto ... Shelley-Ascoli (2022) full score
Vocal duet, Piano
Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.898494 Composed b…
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.898494 Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. 30 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #504802. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.898494). Full score. I am a frequent visitor to the Protestant Cemetery in Testaccio, Rome. Shelley, Keats and Corso are buried there among other expatriates who adopted the city of Rome as their own. I am a not a huge fan of the music by Ottorino Respighi, whose work, like the Pines of Rome, reminds too much of Hollywood music scores. But I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered on YouTube a chamber work he wrote for mezzo-soprano and string quartet called “Il Tramonto.†The vocal and string writing are exquisite, quite beautiful and heart-felt. When I looked at the source of the text I saw that it was an Italian translation by Roberto Ascoli of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. That immediately inspired me to do my own musical setting of this poem. Two reasons. One, it has a Rome connection. Two, two of my favorite subjects in music are all there in one poem: love and death. Unfortunately I did not find the original English version to be sufficiently “musical.†The archaic language was a bit leaden and convoluted. On the other hand, the Italian translation is so much more lyrical and transcendental. I divided the poem into five parts. At the end I decided to tag on a text I have wanted to set for quite some time: Media Vita. I think the subject of this Latin text fits beautifully as a coda or “apotheosis†to Il Tramonto. I. Moderato … Già v’ebbe un uomo II. Andante … Ora è sommerso il sole III. Adagio … Il given e la dama giacquer tra il sonno IV. Moderato … Neri gli occhi ma non fulgidi più V. Adagio … Ho tal retaggio che la terra non dà VI. Apotheosis: Largo … Media Vita Enjoy!!!
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Mama and Daddy PVG
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.984006 Composed b…
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.984006 Composed by Steven H. Boothe. Arranged by Ashley Ivers. Contemporary,Pop. 9 pages. Boothe Publishing #4360917. Published by Boothe Publishing (A0.984006). I love my Mother and Father. They love me and their parents loved them. In this song, a mother who is in the hospital sees her deceased parents in her hospital room. They are there to escort her home. Mom and dad have always been there for me. I wrote this song when a teenage friend named Dustin died. Years later Dustin's mother was in the hospital. She could see three people standing in the back of her hospital room. She asked her mother, who was present, if she could see anyone standing in the back of her room. Her mother looked to where her daughter pointed, but she couldn't see anyone. She told her mother that she thought the three people that only she could see had come to take her home. She passed away later that day. Its nice to know that we have family and friends both here and on the other side of life.
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Mama and Daddy PVG
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Piano song D2 (Travel Free My Friend)
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1019287 Composed …
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1019287 Composed by #GeoffRodThomson, also lyricist. Contemporary,Film/TV,Folk,Musical/Show. 2 pages. Geoff R Thomson #3129933. Published by Geoff R Thomson (A0.1019287). I gave #PianoSongD2 its name because it was the 2nd song I wrote while in Darwin, Australia. (Words were added in an hour to enter it into a song contest there. The lyrics have as their theme the plight of refugees, an issue that is especially huge now throughout the world.)You can access the song with lyrics elsewhere on this Sheet Music Plus site if you prefer. Contact: #Geoffspianosongs or GeoffRodThomson@gmail.com.
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The Banshee and the Wish, An Opera in One Act, Piano Vocal Score
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730529 Comp…
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730529 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Broadway,Contemporary,Holiday,Musical/Show,Opera. Score. 42 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #6326759. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.730529). PIANO VOCAL SCORE. Full Score and Individual Parts sold separately. Orchestral accompaniment also available. Here American composer James Nathaniel Holland brings you The Banshee and the Wish is a tale based on an old Irish Legend with original libretto and 21st century music. A Irish soldier has lost his way home from the battlefields of World War I, and find a mysterious fairy maiden bathing and washing clothes in a river. He steals her comb knowing that she must grant any wish he desires. His wish is to return home. As always with the fairies, his wish is granted but with a catch. Accessible music for Soprano, Baritone and chamber orchestra. Score for: fl, ob, eh, clBb, bsn, hrn in F, timp/tri., hrp, and strings. Duration: 30 minutes.
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Be Merciful to Me ~ Psalm 57 (for Vocal Duet with Piano accompaniment)
Vocal duet, Piano
Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.565305 By Sharon …
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.565305 By Sharon Wilson. By Sharon Wilson. Arranged by Sharon Wilson. Contemporary,Easter,Holiday,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 17 pages. Sharon Wilson #3872549. Published by Sharon Wilson (A0.565305). This Scripture song based on Psalm 57 verses 1 and 7-10 is formatted as a vocal duet with piano accompaniment. This arrangement is in the key of G major with the vocal ranges the same for both parts: the first B below middle C to the first B above middle C (B3 to B4). The limited, moderate vocal range makes this song accessible to just about every combination of voices (SA, AA, AB, TB, etc.) It is a very straight-forward arrangement with the SOPRANO (Part 1) carrying the melody throughout and the ALTO (Part 2) adding a non-complex harmony. Duration 3:00.This Psalm is a prayer written by David while in a cave when he was fleeing from Saul (1 Samuel 22). It is presented here as a song of meditation and praise, drawing the listeners into an atmosphere of prayer and trust in God. The simplicity of the melody allows the vocalists to focus on the words and dynamics as the audience is drawn to the beauty of God's Word expressed musically. The purchase price includes the 9-page combined score with both vocal and piano parts on each page plus a separate VOCALS only score (4 pages) and a PIANO only score (3 pages). To purchase multiple copies for 2-part choral use, this arrangement is available separately at a reduced price.  The lyrics were adapted from the King James Version (KJV) and the World English Version (WEB) and are printed below:Lyrics:VERSE 1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,For my soul takes refuge in you,In the shadow of your wings.Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, For in the shadow of your wingsMy soul will always findRefuge, refuge, refuge in You.VERSE 2My heart is fixed on you, O God, my heart is fixed on you.I’ll sing and give you praises.I’ll wake up at dawn and give you thanks.I’ll sing your praises to all people,For your love is great.You loving kindness reaches far beyond the starry skies.Wake up, wake up, wake up and sing.ENDINGBe merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,For my soul takes refuge in the shadow of your wings.For my soul takes refuge in the shadow of your wings.Visit Sharon Wilson’s website: www.SharonWilsonMusic.comSubscribe to her YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/SharonWilsonMusic
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Hänsel und Gretel
Vocal duet, Piano
2 voices and piano - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q47807 Das Liedersp…
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2 voices and piano - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q47807 Das Liederspiel. Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck. This edition: single sheet. Singspiel version - fairy tale - Brothers Grimm - folk song - piano reduction - Hansel - Gretel - witch. Downloadable, Separate edition. Duration 55 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q47807. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q47807). German.When Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel was premiered on 23 December 1893 in Weimar conducted by Richard Strauss, the work could look back on an extensive history of origin.Humperdinck’s younger sister Adelheid Wette (born in 1858) had displayed a great interest in literature in her youth and written a variety of poems for special occasions. In 1888, she wrote a fairy tale entitled Schneewittchen [Snow White] and her brother supplied some songs for this piece. Further fairy tale collaborations followed which were customarily performed within the family circle, and the first draft of the Hänsel und Gretel was begun in 1890. Adelheid’s husband would be celebrating his 34th birthday on 16 May of this year and his wife intended to surprise him with a performance of her version of this fairy tale. Her brother was allotted the task of composing the accompanying songs and, a month before the birthday, she wrote a letter to him in Mainz where Engelbert Humperdinck was among other activities working as an editor for the Schott publishing house, ordering a “very pretty folkloric†Tanzlied [Dance song], a Waldlied [Forest song] (or Echolied [Echo song]), a Schlummerlied [Lullaby] and a Kickericki-Lied [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] from her “dear sugar-sweet little brother... Engel-Bärtchen [angel beard]â€. She enclosed the corresponding verses with the letter and “for fun†also provided her own invented melody for the Schlummerlied and rhythmic suggestions for the Tanzlied. Humperdinck went straight to work and, as related in an entry in his diary, was already able to play the songs to the director of the publishing house, Dr Ludwig Strecker, by 19 April.This was the history of origin of the four songs published for the first time edited in form of their original versions in this edition Brüderchen komm’ tanz’ mit mir, Wer ruft mir im Walde doch alles nach, In den Zweigen die Vögelein und Tirelireli! ‘s ist nicht mehr früh “for two children’s voices and piano accompaniment†(see manuscript1). In his reply letter to his sister in which the fair copy of the songs were enclosed, Humperdinck wrote: “As you see, the pitch of the melodies is not too high and I have incorporated your melodies. Let me know soon whether you like the little songs. By the way, the ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ can also be sung on one note(E flat) instead of on the four notes of the chord.â€The first performance of the song-play was held as planned within the family circle with Wettes’ two eldest daughters in the two principle roles. Spurred on by the success of the family performance, initial plans were forged to adapt the song-play into a singspiel with numerous musical numbers and rhymed dialogues; Hermann Wette participated in a draft of the text. The particell of this singspiel had been completed by Christmas 1890. Hugo Wolf and a few others however advised the composer to extend the singspiel into a through-composed fairy tale opera. Humperdinck followed this advice and worked on what he ironically termed as a “Kinderstubenweihfestspiel“ [sacred festive play for the nursery] during the next two summers in Bayreuth. Tanzliedchen [Dance song] and Morgenweckruf [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] were eventually included in the opera in a modified form.Bevor Engelbert Humperdincks Märchenoper Hänsel und Gretel zum Welterfolg wurde, hatte das Werk bereits eine vielschichtige Entstehungsgeschichte hinter sich. Humperdincks Schwester Adelheid Wette schrieb 1890 ein gereimtes Märchenspiel gleichen Namens, welches sie gemeinsam mit ihren Töchtern im Familienkreis aufführte. Ihr Bruder hatte die entsprechenden vier Lieder dazu beigesteuert. Während Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir und Tirelireli in veränderter Form auch in die spätere Märchenoper eingingen, existieren das Schlummerliedchen und das Echo im Walde exklusiv in dieser Urfassung von Humperdincks Hänsel und Gretel. Diese Ausgabe umfasst Humperdincks vier ursprüngliche Lieder, die in dieser Fassung erstmals in editierter Form veröffentlicht werden, ebenso wie den vollständigen Text von Adelheid Wettes Liederspiel aus dem Jahr 1890.
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the way, the ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ can also be sung on one note(E flat) instead of on the four notes of the chord
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