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Two Songs of Passion: 1. Pears; 2. Her True Body for Baritone and Electronic Accompaniment
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Baritone voice, Piano
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Stanley M Hoffman
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1489086 By Stanley M Hoffman. By Stanley M Hoffman. Arranged by Stanley M Hoffman....
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1489086 By Stanley M Hoffman. By Stanley M Hoffman. Arranged by Stanley M Hoffman. 21st Century,Classical. 20 pages. Stanleymhoffman.com #1065932. Published by stanleymhoffman.com (A0.1489086). 1. Pears: Words by Linda Pastan.2. Her True Body: Words by Jarred Metz.Music for both songs by Stanley M. Hoffman.Synthesized performance and scrolling score seeking live performances. For a live performance by Baritone Andrew White from the Composer's Voice Series presented by Vox Novus visit: https://www.youtube.com/live/rMPFQlstxX0?si=LPT8FNTHNMaRv888&t=2350PearsWords: © by Linda Pastan. All rights reserved.Used by permission of the poet.Her True Body Words: © by Jarred Metz. All rights reserved.Used by permission of the poet.Music for Pears and Her True Body© Copyright 2022 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.comAll rights reserved. The synthesized accompaniment tracks are available for free download from the composer's website. Pearshttps://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/f3e5c9_12e74a1c4c2d49a8acb90e59eb6b312e.mp3Her True Bodyhttps://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/f3e5c9_b1338a8825e84ab0aae333cc426db68d.mp3.
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All That I Ask Of You Is Love (A Wedding Solo for Baritone Voice)
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Baritone voice, Piano
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Lyrics by Edgar Seldon and Mel
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Joanna Mills
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All That I Ask Of You Is Love
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Joanna Mills Music
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.781336 Composed by Lyrics by Edgar Seldon and Melody by Herbert Ingraham. Arranged...
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.781336 Composed by Lyrics by Edgar Seldon and Melody by Herbert Ingraham. Arranged by Joanna Mills. Holiday,Jazz,Standards,Wedding. 6 pages. Joanna Mills Music #4608037. Published by Joanna Mills Music (A0.781336). This lovely vintage love song from 1910 is updated for the modern singer, but still retains the slightly jazzy ballad feel of the times. Written for a baritone soloist (B2 - B3) and piano accompanist; approximate performance time is 3:20. Perfect for weddings, engagements, or concerts and recitals.
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Somewhere Along the Way (Samuel the Prophet) from "The Kings" - ACT 1:Song 7
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Baritone voice, Piano
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McCorkle, Dennis F
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Somewhere Along the Way
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.784820 Composed by McCorkle, Dennis F. Broadway,Christian,Jewish,Musical/Show,Rock...
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.784820 Composed by McCorkle, Dennis F. Broadway,Christian,Jewish,Musical/Show,Rock. 28 pages. DF McCorkle Music and eBook Publications #11729. Published by DF McCorkle Music and eBook Publications (A0.784820). ACT ONE: Song 7 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 10:18-19… - And he said to the children of Israel: Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’ 19 But you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said unto Him: Nay, but set a king over us…] [1 Samuel 12:24-25 - Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you. But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king.] SAMUEL warns Saul and the people that if they follow God all will go well for them. If they do not, there will be severe repercussions [Somewhere Along the Way – Samuel]. As SAMUEL walks off, thunder and lightning start and the people scatter. Also included with your order is our new 20 page catalog of over 150 titles at no additional charge.
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I am no slouch (x2)
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Baritone voice, Piano
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I am no slouch
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.796590 Composed by Gary D. Belshaw (ASCAP). Concert,Contemporary,Musical/Show,Oper...
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.796590 Composed by Gary D. Belshaw (ASCAP). Concert,Contemporary,Musical/Show,Opera. 20 pages. DR GARY D BELSHAW #2927271. Published by DR GARY D BELSHAW (A0.796590). Your download includes an accompanist's score at half-price. Jack is one of the two first-year graduate students at our fictitious urban university's School of Music. He's quite confident and he shows that in this aria. I once made a dandy Marcello...My Leporello was 'da bomb.' He is one of the stress factors in the soprano Cecilia's life, always trying to strike up a conversation. Perfect for solo recitals, opera workshops and opera scenes programs. Duration: a little over 4 minutes. Follow Gary D. Belshaw Music on Facebook and Twitter; we'll follow you back.
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Gregory Sullivan Isaacs: Songs From Calamus for baritone voice and piano
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Baritone voice, Piano
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Gregory Sullivan Isaacs
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Gregory Sullivan Isaacs: Songs
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.533384 Composed by Gregory Sullivan Isaacs. Contemporary,Holiday,Love. 20 pages. Musik Fabri...
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Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.533384 Composed by Gregory Sullivan Isaacs. Contemporary,Holiday,Love. 20 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2803929. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533384). Whitman only published one book – Leaves of Grass – but it was always a work in progress. He added poems and revised others for each succeeding edition. Thus, the first edition (1819) was a small book with only 12 poems and the last, often refered to as the Deathbed Edition (1892), contained over 400. Some of these he wrote in “clusters†of related poems. Such is the case with the Calamus cluster. The title was chosen to alert the reader that these were poems about what he called “the love of comrades,†“manly love†or with the code word, “adhesiveness.†The concept of homosexuality, as we know it today, was very different in Whitman’s time, but violently socially taboo. Acorus calamus is a reed-like species of marsh grass. In Poetry and Prose, Whitman wrote that it s a … very large and aromatic grass, or root, spears three feet high—often called 'sweet flag'—grows all over the Northern and Middle States.†The phallic plant has always been a symbol of love and associated with the Greek myth of Kalamos, son of the river god who loved the youth Karpos. When Karpos died in a swimming accident, Kalamos transformed himself into a reed so he could always be near the spot where his beloved died, and the rustling of the reeds in the winds sounds like moans of mourning. The Calamus cluster, 39 poems in all, recount the story of a manly love found and lost from the perspective of some time later. They are bittersweet memories. I chose four poems for my own cluster. They represent the four stages of such a relationship: initial attraction, first coy interactions, full-blossomed love, and the bitterness of it’s ending. It is possible that these events actually happened or that they all occurred in the poets mind without ever revealing his thoughts to the intended. Some musical devices, such as the rustling of the leaves in the third song and the constant use of seconds as two people who are close but not yet together in the second one, are obvious. But, other than some indications of tempo, I hesitate to give out remarks about how to perform the songs, or even metronome markings, that might give the singer a preconceived notion. This situation has happened to everyone. So, I say to the singer: revive the memories of a similar event in your life: a particularly heartbreaking one is best. Bring the telling of that memory to the vivid present, and tell us that story as if it ending some time ago but the hurt remains strong, If, by some chance, the singer has not had this experience, he should wait to sing this cycle until he has. The composer
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Three Songs after Schubert
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Baritone voice, Piano
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Classical
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Cecilia McDowall
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Three Songs after Schubert
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Oxford University Press Digital
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Baritone voice and piano - Digital Download Composed by Cecilia McDowall. Score. 20 pages. Oxford University Press Digital #9780193544475. Published by...
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Baritone voice and piano - Digital Download Composed by Cecilia McDowall. Score. 20 pages. Oxford University Press Digital #9780193544475. Published by Oxford University Press Digital
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