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5,910
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3,286
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1,166
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464
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207
Organ
206
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186
Accordion
77
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
75
2 Pianos, 4 hands
51
Piano Accompaniment
42
Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
19
Harpsichord
19
Piano Quintet: piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
17
Piano (band part)
13
Big Note Piano
10
Solo instrument and Organ
7
Piano Quartet: piano, 2 violins, cello
7
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10
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8
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6
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3
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3
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256
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23
Tenor voice, Piano
20
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19
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14
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7
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7
Tenor voice
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3
Medium voice, Piano
2
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1
Choral SSATB
1
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296
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272
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268
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
246
Clarinet (band part)
218
2 Saxophones (duet)
213
Oboe, Piano (duet)
203
Alto Saxophone and Piano
186
Alto Saxophone
177
2 Clarinets (duet)
174
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
170
Oboe (band part)
142
Flute Quartet: 4 flutes
140
Saxophone
134
Tenor Saxophone
133
3 Clarinets (trio)
132
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
131
Flute (band part)
113
Recorder
113
Oboe
112
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
85
3 Saxophones (trio)
83
Saxophone Quintet: 5 Saxophones
81
2 Oboes (duet)
74
Saxophone ensemble
65
Clarinet Quintet: 5 clarinets
64
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
63
Flute and Guitar
62
English horn, Piano
56
Clarinet Ensemble
55
Baritone Saxophone, Piano
54
2 Recorders (duet)
44
3 Recorders (trio)
43
Flute Quintet : 5 flutes
40
Recorder Quartet
39
Flute, Clarinet (duet)
36
Flute ensemble
32
Oboe, Bassoon (duet)
32
Bass Clarinet, Piano
28
Descant (Soprano) Recorder
24
Flute, Violin, Piano
21
Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon.
21
Flute, Violoncello
18
English Horn
18
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon (trio)
17
Flute, Oboe, Bassoon
17
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (trio)
17
Soprano Saxophone
16
Baritone Saxophone
16
Oboe, Clarinet (duet)
15
Treble (Alto) Recorder
15
Oboe, Flute
15
Piccolo, Piano
14
2 English horns and Pianoforte
13
Clarinet, Cello (duet)
11
5 Recorders
10
Clarinet, Bassoon (duet)
10
Bass Clarinet
10
Recorder, Piano
9
Clarinet, Guitar (duet)
9
Piccolo
8
Harmonica
8
Tenor Recorder
7
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Basso continuo
7
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Piano
7
Clarinet, Violin (duet)
7
Flute, Violin
7
2 Clarinets, Bassoon
6
Flute, Harp and Cello
6
Flute, Viola (duet)
6
2 Flutes, Piano
6
Eb Instruments
5
Flute, Violin and Violoncello
5
Clarinet and Viola
5
Flute and Strings Trio
5
Saxophone and Guitar
5
Flute, Oboe, Piano (trio)
5
Descent (Soprano) Recorder, Piano
5
3 Oboes
5
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4
Flute, Cello, Piano (trio)
4
Oboe, Violin (duet)
4
Flute and String Quartet
4
Wind ensemble
4
Ocarina
4
Clarinette, Viola and Piano (trio)
3
Flute, Basso continuo
3
Oboe and viola (duet)
3
Flute, Cello, Guitar
3
2 Saxophones, Piano
3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
Bagpipe
2
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2
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2
Flute, Organ (duet)
2
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2
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2
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2
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2
Oboe, Harp
2
Flute, Trombone (duet)
2
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Flute, Viola and Piano
2
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1
Saxophone and Piano
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
2 Oboes and Basson
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1
Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon (Quartet)
1
Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
1
Saxophone, Bassoon (duet)
1
Flute, Viola and harp
1
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292
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275
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259
French horn
238
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226
Trombone
203
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173
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172
Trombone and Piano
163
French Horn and Piano
139
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102
2 French horns (duet)
101
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76
2 Trumpets (duet)
75
2 Trombones (duet)
74
Tuba (band part)
71
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69
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64
English horn, Piano
56
Euphonium, Piano (duet)
55
Brass Quartet: 4 trombones
47
Trumpet, Trombone (duet)
30
Euphonium
26
2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
26
Tuba and Organ
24
Brass Trio
24
Trombone ensemble
20
Brass Quartet: 4 horns
18
Bass Trombone
18
English Horn
18
2 Tubas (duet)
17
Bass Trombone and Piano
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3 Trombones (trio)
15
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13
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2 Euphoniums (duet)
13
2 English horns and Pianoforte
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4 Tubas
11
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Cornet
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5
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5
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4
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4
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4
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3
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3
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2
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2
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2
3 Trumpets (trio)
2
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2
Trombone, Violin (duet)
2
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2
Trumpet, Cello (duet)
2
Euphonium (band part)
2
Trumpet, violin (duet)
1
Trumpet, Saxophone (duet)
1
2 Trumpets, Keyboard (piano or organ)
1
French Horn and Harp
1
Brass quartet : Horn, Trombone, Tuba, B-Flat Trumpet
1
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507
Viola
361
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358
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253
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231
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196
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184
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161
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130
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118
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94
2 Violas (duet)
93
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86
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81
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80
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72
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65
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58
String Trio: 3 violins
44
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43
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41
4 Cellos
40
String quartet: 4 violins
34
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28
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26
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25
String trio
18
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17
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16
Cello and Marimba
15
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15
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12
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11
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9
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9
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7
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6
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5 Harps
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2
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127
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91
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46
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31
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29
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23
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23
Percussion Ensemble
22
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15
Timpani
11
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8
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6
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5
Xylophone, Piano
5
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4
Xylophone
3
Woodwind Quintet
3
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3
String Quintet : 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Doublebass, Keyboard
2
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"Ode To A Bug", op. 63 no. 1
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High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004718 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Contemporary. 14 pages. Adrian Gagiu #5298853. ...
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High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004718 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Contemporary. 14 pages. Adrian Gagiu #5298853. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004718). Ode To A Bug, op. 63 no. 1 (2015), is a humorous neoclassical lied for high voice and piano on a poem by Gene Tyburn. Appropriate for students. Duration: 4 min. The mp3 file is a MIDI mock-up. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN.
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23rd Psalm (Pastures of Green) (David) from "The Kings" ACT 1:Song 11
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High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.784825 Composed by McCorkle, Dennis F. Christian,Jewish,Pop,Rock,Sacred. 10 pages. DF McCorkle...
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High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.784825 Composed by McCorkle, Dennis F. Christian,Jewish,Pop,Rock,Sacred. 10 pages. DF McCorkle Music and eBook Publications #11739. Published by DF McCorkle Music and eBook Publications (A0.784825). ACT ONE: Song 11. The King, by Dennis McCorkle, is a contemporary pop-rock musical of the first two kings of Israel, Saul ben Kish and David ben Jesse and explores the contrasting lives and outcome of each man’s choices in life. [1 Samuel 16:11 - And Samuel said to Jesse: ‘Are here all your children?’ And he said: ‘There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he tends the sheep.’ And Samuel said unto Jesse: ‘Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come here.’ [Psalm 23 Sacred Melody of David.YAHWEH is My Shepherd I shall not want]. SAMUEL leaves SAUL and goes to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem where he chooses DAVID and anoints him as king. DAVID returns to the field and his sheep, trying to understand the meaning of the previous events [Pastures of Green – David and Ensemble]. The next morning, his father Jessie sends one of his servants to ask DAVID to take provisions to his brothers who are on the front line with SAUL engaged in a fierce battle with the Philistines. David leaves the sheep with the servant and goes off to the battlefield. Also included with your order is our new 20 page catalog of over 150 titles at no additional charge.
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No Other Love (High Voice) (from Me And Juliet)
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No Other Love
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Hal Leonard - Digital
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(High Voice) - Digital Download SKU: HX.470460 Broadway,Jazz,Standards. Real Book - Melody/Chords/Lyrics. 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX...
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(High Voice) - Digital Download SKU: HX.470460 Broadway,Jazz,Standards. Real Book - Melody/Chords/Lyrics. 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.470460).
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Meditation on a Cross
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High voice
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Contemporary
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Gabriella Snyder
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Meditation on a Cross
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Colla Voce Recording & Publishing Co.
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High Voice,Vocal Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.958162 Composed by Gabriella Snyder. Contemporary. 5 pages. Colla Voce Recording & Publishing Co. #36037...
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High Voice,Vocal Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.958162 Composed by Gabriella Snyder. Contemporary. 5 pages. Colla Voce Recording & Publishing Co. #3603793. Published by Colla Voce Recording & Publishing Co. (A0.958162). Meditation on a Cross, No. 1 from Ordinary Miracles: Poetry of Recovery - Five Lyrics of Faith Davidson Waltman for Soprano and Piano. Range: d'-g. .
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The Souls of the Just - Vocal Solo (High/Medium Voice), Piano
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High voice
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Sacred music
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Cathy Stamegna
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Cathy Stamegna
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The Souls of the Just - Vocal
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Cathy Stamegna
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High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.781063 Composed by Cathy Stamegna. Arranged by Cathy Stamegna. Contemporary,Jewish,Praise & Wo...
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High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.781063 Composed by Cathy Stamegna. Arranged by Cathy Stamegna. Contemporary,Jewish,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 12 pages. Cathy Stamegna #6661647. Published by Cathy Stamegna (A0.781063). Based on the Book of Wisdom 3:1-9. Appropriate for funerals, memorial services or as a vocal solo for competition, audition, or recital, this comforting passage from Wisdom stirs the heart: …the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them…Because grace and mercy are with his holy ones, and God's care is with the elect. Graded on a higher level because of the vocal range and some larger vocal intervals. Treble clef range: C4-F5, yet accessible for male voices if sung an octave lower. Duration: 3:39.
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The Unquiet Grave from American Death Ballads (Downloadable)
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High voice
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David Conte
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The Unquiet Grave from America
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E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital
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High voice and piano - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8454-2E Composed by David Conte. Secular, 21st century. Instrument part. 6 pages. ...
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High voice and piano - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8454-2E Composed by David Conte. Secular, 21st century. Instrument part. 6 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8454-2E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8454-2E). English.American Death Ballads was composed especially for tenor Brian Thorsett. We have been frequent collaborators since 2011, when he premiered the complete set of my Three Settings of W. B. Yeats for string quartet and tenor. At his urging, I transcribed and published my Three Poems of Christina Rossetti (originally for medium voice) for high voice, which he premiered at the San Francisco Conservatory in 2014. American Death Ballads was premiered by him at the San Francisco Conservatory, November 1, 2015, with pianist John Churchwell, and at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Conference in Chicago, July 10, 2016, with pianist Warren Jones.The choice of texts for my American Death Ballads was inspired partly by Copland’s Old American Songs, which I deeply admire, but more by my dear friend and colleague the late Conrad Susa’s Two Murder Ballads. The ingenuity of Susa’s accompaniments for his ballads in imagining anew the original source material owes a great deal to Copland’s accompaniment for his songs. Though the content of my songs is completely original and not based on preexisting melodies, I have tried to expand on this further, as the texts are much longer, and go through many different moods and characters. The four texts I chose include stories about murder, death, and dying. Though two of the texts were written in England, they traveled to the colonies almost immediately. The subjects of the texts had spent time in America, and their stories were well known to Americans.Wicked Polly is a cautionary tale. Polly has lived a dissolute and immoral life, saying, 'I'll turn to God when I grow old.' Suddenly taken ill, she realizes that it is too late to repent. She dies in agony and is presumably sent to hell; young people are advised to heed. My musical setting is stately and preacherly in character for the narrator; for Polly it becomes pleading and remorseful. The Unquiet Grave was brought to the attention of Alan Lomax, the great American field collector of folk music, by English folk singer Shirley Collins. The text is taken from an English folk song dating from 1400. In The Unquiet Grave, a young man mourns his dead lover too fervently and prevents her from obtaining peace. The dead woman complains that his weeping is keeping her from peaceful rest. He begs a kiss; she tells him it would kill him. When he persists, wanting to join her in death, she explains that once they were both dead their hearts would simply decay, and that he should enjoy life while he has it. My setting is in a flowing Andante with a rocking accompaniment. Three voices are delineated here: the narrator, the mournful lover, and the dead lover speaking from the grave. The Dying Californian first appeared in the New England Diadem in 1854. Its lyrics are based on a letter from a New Englander’s sailor to his brother who is dying at sea while on the way to California to seek his fortune in the California gold fields. He implores his brother to impart his message to his father, mother, wife, and children. My setting opens with the singer alone in a moderate dirge tempo, then, joined by the piano, moves through many tonalities and moods before ending with supreme confidence as the speaker 'gained a port called Heaven/Where the gold will never rust.'Captain Kidd was a Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy and murder in 1701. The American connection to this ballad is that Kidd escaped to America and for a time lived in New York and Boston, though he was a wanted criminal by the British authorities and was extradited to Britain, where he was hung at 'Executioner’s Dock.' The lyric was printed in Britain in 1701, traveling to the colonies almost immediately. Though the didactic tone of the text is similar to Wicked Polly, it expresses no regret until the final lines: 'Take warning now by me, and shun bad company, / Lest you come to hell with me, for I must die.' My setting is fast and spirited, expressing the confidence of a man who lived life as he wanted. -David Conte.
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Richard Strauss: Zueignung (Op. 10, No. 1) (High Voice) - voice & piano (High Voice)
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Instantly printable sheet music by Richard Strauss for voice & piano (High Voice) of MEDIUM skill level. / classical,german
Instantly printable sheet music by Richard Strauss for voice & piano (High Voice) of MEDIUM skill level. / classical,german
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