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NIGHTSONGS (with Chamber Orchestra): Individual Songs

NIGHTSONGS (with Chamber Orchestra): Individual Songs

Voice and Chamber Orchestra 1111 - 2000 - timp, perc (1), hp - voice solo - strings

The complete set in the original keys, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, can be found here.
An alternate complete set for higher voice may be found here.

Keys and ranges individually offered in PDF digital download. Please contact us for inquiries as to print copies of individual songs.

I. Prayer
High: Gb Major - Eb4 to Gb5
Medium: Eb Major - C4 to Eb5

II. Drums of Tragedy
High: Eb minor - Eb3 to A5
Medium: C minor - C3 to Gb5
Low: Bb minor - Bb3 to Fb5

III. The Heart of a Woman
Medium: F Major: C4 to F5

IV. Night Song
High: G minor -  C4 to A5
Medium: Eb minor - Bb3 to F5

V. Sence You Went Away (High) 
High: G Major - E4 to Gb5
Medium: F Major - D4 to Fb5
Medium-Low: Eb Major - C4 to D5

VI. Creole Girl (Medium) 
Medium: B Minor - C#4 to F#5


Movements: I. Prayer (Langston Hughes) II. Drums of Tragedy (Langston Hughes) III. The Heart of a Woman (Georgia Douglas Johnson) IV. Night Song (Clarissa Scott Delany) V. Sence You Went Away (James Weldon Johnson) VI. Creole Girl (Morgan Collins)

Authored (or revised): 1996

Text source: Langston Hughes Georgia Douglas Johnson Clarissa Scott Delany James Weldon Johnson Morgan Collins

Duration (minutes): 16

Book format: Full score + Parts

Historic material for this item is held at Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA) at the University of Maryland.


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