VOICE + PIANO
Although the majority of my output has been focused on instrumental music, I have, over the years, written a fair amount of vocal music as well, mostly sacred choral, but also including a few solos for voice and piano. Unfortunately, some of that music is unavailable due to copyright restrictions on the source poems. Here is what is available.
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preview and recording can also be seen/heard at the Score Exchange link at the
bottom of each description.
IN THE SHADOW OF A MOUNTAIN
Grade: M (range: B3 - F5)
Duration: 20:00
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
Scenes from the Rockies | A Song Cycle for Medium Voice and Piano | Words by Sue Personett
14 short songs set to poetry on Rocky Mountain themes. This cycle is also available in SATB voicing (see Secular Choral Music page), and the songs are available individually in that format.
The individual songs, with their locations on the audio track, are listed below.
1.The Shadow of a Mountain 0:00
2. First Thaw 2:02
3. Spring on the Upper Rio Grande 3:12
4. Snowy Spring 5:48
5. Wyoming Snow 7:12
6. Shadows and Sunshine 8:23
7. In the Foothills 9:20
8. The Summit 10:26
9. She Will 11:28
10. Autumn in the Air 12:37
11. Snow 13:35
12. Wind River 15:25
13. Celebrate 16:25
14. Chasing Mountains 17:50
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THE GREATEST GIFT
Grade: M
Duration: 3:25
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
High Voice and Piano | Words by Henry Lebedinsky
A gentle Christmas/Epiphany solo with the theme of what gift can we bring to the Christ Child, compared to the gifts of the Wise Men. Composed on Christmas Day 2015.
Also available for SATB/SAB and piano (see Sacred Choral Music page).
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Five Songs from The Treasure of Cathay | Book and Lyrics by Nancy Grobe | Music by Richard E Brown
In addition to the song cycle and Christmas solo listed above, I have added these 5 solos from my 1985 musical, The Treasure of Cathay. Based on the 1921 novella Messer Marco Polo, by the Irish-American author Donn Byrne, it is a mostly-fictionalized story about Marco Polo and his romance with the daughter of Kublai Khan.
A women's chorus from the same show is also available on the Secular Choral Music page.
SONG OF THE WILLOW BRANCHES
Grade: M
Duration: 3:00
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
HE CALLED MY NAME
Grade: M
Duration: 2:30
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
MY TREASURE
Grade: M
Duration: 3:40
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
THE WAY HE IS
Grade: M
Duration: 2:00
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
IS IT TRUE?
Grade: VE
Duration: 1:20
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music