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American Poetry and Writings
The works in this collection are based on American poetry, literature, letters, speeches, and diary entries, and include an enormous range of authors - from popular writers like Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson to personal letters and poetry by complete unknowns. Many of these works are for vocalists, using the text directly as lyrics or libretto. Other works are instrumental, or without words, and use the texts as inspiration or for programmatic effect.
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Hart Crane - e.e. cummings - Emily Dickinson - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Langston Hughes - Edna St. Vincent Millay - Carl Sandburg - Walt Whitman - William Carlos Williams
Other authors and instruments can be specified using the filters below.
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Frederick C. Tillis
Five Spirituals fro Chorus and Brass Ensemble
SATB Chorus and Brass Choir SATB Chorus, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, baritone, and tuba
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Richard Thompson
MASK IN MIRROR, Opera in Three Acts
2fl, ob, cl, bscl, 2bsn, 2hn, timp, perc, piano, strings
$150.00 - $322.00 -
Joyce Hope Suskind
PASSAGES - Seven Songs for Voice, Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Voice, Clarinet in A, Cello, and Piano
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Dorothy Rudd Moore
Weary Blues - for Baritone and Orchestra
Baritone and Orchestra 23(3=EH)3(3=bcl)2 - 2000 - timp, pno - baritone solo - strings
$56.00 -
Dorothy Rudd Moore
In Celebration
Mixed Chorus, Soprano and Baritone soloists, and Chamber Orchestra 1010 - 0000 -timp, perc, pno - SATB, Sop & Bar Soli - strings
$30.00 - $41.00 -
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John Melby
Aftermath For Soprano And Computer
Soprano and Pre-Recorded Sound (2, 4, or 8 Channels)
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Elliott Miles McKinley
Pale Blue Dot
Bass Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Marimba (5-Octave)
$98.50 - $195.00 -
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David Froom
Lament for the City - for Modern Instruments
Baritone, Flute, Baritone Saxophone, Guitar, Viola, Cello, and Percussion
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T.J. Anderson
SOLDIER BOY, SOLDIER (Opera in 2 Acts)
Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, 4 Solo Singers, 1 Speaking Bassist, and Jazz Ensemble
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T.J. Anderson
SLAVERY DOCUMENTS 2
vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra 2222 - 4331 - 2 perc - SATB solo - SATB chorus - strings
$193.00
