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Cycle or set: Days and Nights

Cycle Comments: 6 songs for soprano and piano, with music by Lori Laitman and text by Dickinson, Browning, Bourdillon, Rossetti.

1. "Along With Me": Music: by Laitman, Lori (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, D4 - Ab5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Browning, Robert (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

2. "They Might Not Need Me": Music: by Laitman, Lori (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, C#4 - A5 (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

3. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes": Music: by Laitman, Lori (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, F4 - Bb5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Bourdillon, Francis W. (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

4. "Over the Fence": Music: by Laitman, Lori (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, F#4 - A5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dickinson, Emily (all songs in catalog); in English, from a female perspective

5. "Song": Music: by Laitman, Lori (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, D4 - A5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Rossetti, Christina (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

6. "Wild Nights": Music: by Laitman, Lori (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, D4 - B5 (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

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Cycle or set: Dear Youth

Cycle Comments: By Daron Hagen for soprano, flute, and piano. The liner notes by Russell Platt for the cd by Arsis music include the following paragraph: "Dear Youth (1990) was commissioned by the trio Sonus (soprano Robin Bourguignon, flutist Billie Witte, and pianist Randall K. Sheets) and premiered by them on March 10, 1991 at the Dumbarton Methodist Church in Baltimore. Hagen is a confirmed Civil War buff, and after considering and rejecting the prospect of a cycle on a war poet like Whitman, decided to set excerpts of letters by American women of the era who were directly or tangentially involved. (Significantly, Hagen composed the piece at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Sweet Briar, a short distance from some of the largest battles of the Civil War.) In some ways it is an idealized family parlor piece of the time--Cousin Ann joins in on the flute--simple and polite. But the expert musical treatments of the texts give them a layered richness they could never have had originally, and the result is a work of generous humanity, comforting and wise."

1. "The Bonnie Blue Flag": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, Cb4 - Bb5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and piano and flute [GET IT!]; Text: by Ketchum, Annie Chambers (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

2. "I Stop Again": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, D4 - F5 (original key), medium tessitura, 1 voice and flute [GET IT!]; Text: by Ropes, Hannah (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

3. "The Picture Graved into My Heart": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, C#4 - G5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and piano and flute [GET IT!]; Text: by Ropes, Hannah (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

4. "The Trouble Was Tom...": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, C4 - F5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and piano and flute [GET IT!]; Text: by Anonymous (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

5. "The Lord Knows...": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, D4 - G5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and a capella [GET IT!]; Text: by Smith, Ann (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

6. "O, For Such a Dream": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, D4 - G5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and flute and piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Smith, Ann (all songs in catalog); in English, from a female perspective

7. "Christmas Night": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, C4 - F4 (original key), medium tessitura, 1 voice and flute [GET IT!]; Text: by Ingram, Martha (all songs in catalog); in English, from a female perspective

8. "...Silently Dispersing": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, C4 - F#5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and piano and flute [GET IT!]; Text: by Chestnut, Mary Boykin (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

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