Copland: Art Songs and Arias – High Voice

Description

• Composer: Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
• Instrumentation (this edition): Piano, High Voice
• Originally for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice, Opera
• Binding:
• Work Language: English
• ISMN: 9790051933938
• Size: 9.0 x 12.0 inches
• Pages: 96

Description

This collection of songs and arias draws on works that span the composer’s lifetime, including his early experimental and mature Americana periods. 21 art songs, plus 4 arias in the High Voice volume, or 3 arias in the Medium/Low Voice volume.

Art song contents for both High and Medium/Low Voice: Dirge in Woods • Old Poem • Pastorale • Poet’s Song • Vocalise • Four Early Songs: Night, A Summer Vacation, My Heart Is in the East, Alone • Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (complete; original keys retained for both High and Medium/Low).

Arias in the High Voice edition: Laurie’s Song (The Tender Land) • Martin’s Song (The Tender Land) • The sun is coming up (The Tender Land) • Queenie’s Song (The Second Hurricane)

Arias in the Medium/Low edition: Ma’s Song (The Tender Land) • Fat’s Song (The Second Hurricane) • Gyp’s Song (The Second Hurricane).

Works:

• Dirge in the Woods (1954)
• Old Poem (1920)
• Pastorale (1921)
• Poet’s Song (1927)
• Vocalise (1928)
• Alone (1922)
• Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1950)
• Laurie’s Song from The Tender Land (1954)
• Martin’s Song from The Tender Land (1954)
• The sun is coming up from The Tender Land (1954)
• Queenie’s Song from The Second Hurricane (1937)