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Cycle or set: Love Songs

Cycle Comments: Written in 1984-1987 to a variety of writers, including the composer's mother, this cycle is powerful, beautiful, and bittersweet (with an emphasis on the bitter). It was premiered by soprano Carol Chickering and pianist Robert Kopelson at CAMI Hall in New York City on April 29, 1988. Dedicated to Ned Rorem, on his 63rd birthday.

1. "I Am Loved": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog); treble clef, C4 - Cb6 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Hagen, Gwen (all songs in catalog); in English, from a female perspective

2. "Little Uneasy Song": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog); treble clef, D4 - A5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Hauser, Reine (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

3. "Ah! Sun-Flower": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog); treble clef, D4 - F5 (original key), medium tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Blake, William (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

4. "Lost Love": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog); treble clef, Eb4 - G#5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dunei, Ze'ev (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

5. "Washing Her Hair": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog); treble clef, D4 - A5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Gorham, Sarah (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

6. "Requiem": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog); treble clef, F#4 - F#5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Dunei, Ze'ev (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

7. "The Satyr": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog); treble clef, Db4 - B5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Hagen, Gwen (all songs in catalog); in English, from a female perspective

8. "Sonnet": Music: by Hagen, Daron (all songs in catalog); treble clef, D4 - A5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by McFall, Gardner (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

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Cycle or set: Love to Madness

Cycle Comments: 12 settings of Shakespeare sonnets by Rich Caruso. Appropriate for jazz, musical theatre, and classical singers.

1. "Who Will Believe My Verse": Music: by Caruso, Rich (all songs in catalog); treble clef, D4 - E5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Shakespeare, William (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

3. "The Expense of Spirit": Music: by Caruso, Rich (all songs in catalog); treble clef, E4 - G#5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Shakespeare, William (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

4. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds": Music: by Caruso, Rich (all songs in catalog); treble clef, F4 - F5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Shakespeare, William (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

10. "Being Your Slave": Music: by Caruso, Rich (all songs in catalog); treble clef, Ab3 - E5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Shakespeare, William (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

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