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Cycle or set: At Last, To Be Identified!

Cycle Comments: From the composer: "Although At last, to be identified! was originally conceived as a cycle, it has never been performed as such. In fact 'I never saw a Moor' has become my most popular song and most people don't know the other pieces even exist. 'I never saw a Moor' was recorded by Lauren Wagner on Channel Classics, and by Patricia Prunty on her CD 'A Child of Air.' Jennifer Casey Cabot has recorded the entire cycle for demo purposes."

1. "Doubt me! My Dim Companion!": Music: by Thomas, Richard Pearson (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, A3 - G5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dickinson, Emily (all songs in catalog); in English, from a female perspective

2. "What if I say I shall not wait!": Music: by Thomas, Richard Pearson (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, E4 - A5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dickinson, Emily (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

3. "Wild nights! Wild nights!": Music: by Thomas, Richard Pearson (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, F4 - Ab5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dickinson, Emily (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

4. "I never saw a Moor": Music: by Thomas, Richard Pearson (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, Db4 - Gb5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dickinson, Emily (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

5. "There's a certain slant of light": Music: by Thomas, Richard Pearson (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, C#4 - E5 (original key), medium tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dickinson, Emily (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

6. "At last, to be identified!": Music: by Thomas, Richard Pearson (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, C#4 - Bb5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dickinson, Emily (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

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Cycle or set: Back by the Roadside

Cycle Comments: six songs for tenor or baritone and piano on poems by Walt Whitman. Total duration 5:00 minutes. This cycle seems like a beautifully written introduction for beginning singer and beginning listener to some standard 20th century techniques. Largely quite consonant to my ear.

1. "Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour": Music: by Scearce, J. Mark (all songs in catalog) originally for baritone or tenor; treble clef, B3 - Bb4 (original key), medium tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Whitman, Walt (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

2. "Gliding O'er All": Music: by Scearce, J. Mark (all songs in catalog) originally for tenor or baritone; treble clef, C4 - D5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Whitman, Walt (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

3. "Beautiful Women": Music: by Scearce, J. Mark (all songs in catalog) originally for tenor or baritone; treble clef, D4 - C#5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Whitman, Walt (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

4. "Visor'd": Music: by Scearce, J. Mark (all songs in catalog) originally for tenor or baritone; treble clef, Eb4 - D5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Whitman, Walt (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

5. "To Old Age": Music: by Scearce, J. Mark (all songs in catalog) originally for tenor or baritone; treble clef, B3 - C#5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Whitman, Walt (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

6. "Offerings": Music: by Scearce, J. Mark (all songs in catalog) originally for tenor or baritone; treble clef, C4 - D5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Whitman, Walt (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

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