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Mystery

Classical/Song • 1998 • Lyricist: Sara Teasdale
 
 
   
 

For baritone and piano (priced for 2 copies)

Title by uploader: Mystery — cycle for baritone and piano (priced for 2 copies)


20.00 USD

Seller Lori Laitman
PDF, 6.01 Mb ID: SM-000517856 Upload date: 03 Dec 2020
Instrumentation
Piano, Baritone
Scored for
Solo, Accompanying piano
Type of score
Piano-vocal score
Publisher
Enchanted Knickers Music
Language
English
Difficulty
Difficult
Duration
10'30
Mystery [1998], a song cycle for either baritone or mezzo-soprano, sets five poems by American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933). These poems reflect on love and its enigmas. The opening song, Nightfall, sets a lyric vocal line against a piano part that portrays the lovers’ past walks together as well as their unhappy present. Spray begins violently, with the piano suggesting the crashing of waves. Joining in with rapid declamations, the vocal line then transitions to a calmer reflection on love. The Kiss is set as a parody, humorously juxtaposing the old parlor song style of the vocal line with a more contemporary piano part containing dissonance and rhythmic displacements. The long vocal lines in The Mystery merge with a simple piano accompaniment to create a feeling of yearning. The most complex texture of the cycle is found in The Rose, in which intricate weavings between voice and piano combine with constant meter changes and mood shifts. The song culminates in a quiet variation of the opening as the singer reminisces on love lost.

You can hear the composer perform this with baritone William Sharp at the following URLs:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBerx7qymE
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8CfyXfT0k
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbko5-27Uw
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxVbaI9xtQ
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBTAWEJrGmc
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For mezzo-soprano and piano (priced for 2 copies)

Title by uploader: Mystery — cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano (priced for 2 copies)


20.00 USD

Seller Lori Laitman
PDF, 6.00 Mb ID: SM-000519543 Upload date: 06 Jan 2021
Instrumentation
Piano, Mezzo-soprano
Scored for
Solo, Accompanying piano
Type of score
Piano-vocal score
Publisher
Enchanted Knickers Music
Language
English
Difficulty
Difficult
Duration
10'30
Mystery [1998], a song cycle for either baritone or mezzo-soprano, sets five poems by American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933). These poems reflect on love and its enigmas. The opening song, Nightfall, sets a lyric vocal line against a piano part that portrays the lovers’ past walks together as well as their unhappy present. Spray begins violently, with the piano suggesting the crashing of waves. Joining in with rapid declamations, the vocal line then transitions to a calmer reflection on love. The Kiss is set as a parody, humorously juxtaposing the old parlor song style of the vocal line with a more contemporary piano part containing dissonance and rhythmic displacements. The long vocal lines in The Mystery merge with a simple piano accompaniment to create a feeling of yearning. The most complex texture of the cycle is found in The Rose, in which intricate weavings between voice and piano combine with constant meter changes and mood shifts. The song culminates in a quiet variation of the opening as the singer reminisces on love lost.

You can hear the composer perform this with baritone William Sharp at the following URLs:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBerx7qymE
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8CfyXfT0k
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbko5-27Uw
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxVbaI9xtQ
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBTAWEJrGmc
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