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Cycle or set: Portraits

Cycle Comments: three settings by Dan Locklair of poems by Emily Herring Wilson. Each poem paints a portrait of a different Southern, African-American woman. The total cycle duration is approximately 5 minutes.

1. "Ernestine Saunders": Music: by Locklair, Dan (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, C4 - Bb5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Wilson, Emily Herring (all songs in catalog); in English, from a female perspective

2. "Unknown": Music: by Locklair, Dan (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, D4 - Gb5 (original key), medium tessitura, 1 voice and a capella [GET IT!]; Text: by Wilson, Emily Herring (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

3. "Brooksie Malloy": Music: by Locklair, Dan (all songs in catalog) originally for soprano; treble clef, D4 - F#5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Wilson, Emily Herring (all songs in catalog); in English, from a female perspective

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Cycle or set: Quiet Songs

Cycle Comments: six songs for high voice and piano.

1. "maggie and milly and molly and may": Music: by Musto, John (all songs in catalog) originally for high; treble clef, D#4 - B5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by cummings, e. e. (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

2. "Intermezzo": Music: by Musto, John (all songs in catalog) originally for high; treble clef, C4 - G5 (original key), medium high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Burton, Amy Elizabeth (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

3. "Quiet Song": Music: by Musto, John (all songs in catalog) originally for high; treble clef, A3 - C#6 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by O'Neill, Eugene (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

4. "Christmas Carol (To Jesus on His Birthday)": Music: by Musto, John (all songs in catalog) originally for high; treble clef, B3 - A5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by St. Vincent Millay, Edna (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

5. "Palm Sunday: Naples": Music: by Musto, John (all songs in catalog) originally for high; treble clef, C4 - A5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Symons, Arthur (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

6. "Lullaby": Music: by Musto, John (all songs in catalog) originally for high; treble clef, C4 - A5 (original key), high tessitura, 1 voice and 1 piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Adams, Léonie (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

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Cycle or set: Rain Forest

Cycle Comments: By Lee Hoiby (Opus 65) to texts of Elizabeth Bishop. For Mezzo-soprano, baritone (although these voices never sing in the same song), wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn), and piano. commissioned by The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and first performed August 4, 1996. The performers were Tara Helen O'Conner, flute; Ellen Sherman, oboe; Jack Howell, clarinet; Sue Heineman, bassoon; Julie Pilant, horn; Max Levinson, piano; Janice Felty, mezzo-soprano; and Hector Vasquez, baritone. Dedicated to Shirley Genther.

1. "Giant Toad": Music: by Hoiby, Lee (all songs in catalog) originally for baritone; bass clef, A2 - G4 (original key), medium low tessitura, 1 voice and flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Bishop, Elizabeth (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

2. "Strayed Crab": Music: by Hoiby, Lee (all songs in catalog) originally for mezzo-soprano; treble clef, Bb3 - A5 (original key), medium tessitura, 1 voice and flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Bishop, Elizabeth (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

3. "Giant Snail": Music: by Hoiby, Lee (all songs in catalog) originally for baritone; bass clef, A2 - F#4 (original key), medium low tessitura, 1 voice and oboe, horn, bassoon, clarinet, flute, and piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Bishop, Elizabeth (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

4. "Sandpiper": Music: by Hoiby, Lee (all songs in catalog) originally for mezzo-soprano; treble clef, C4 - A5 (original key), medium tessitura, 1 voice and flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, clarinet, and piano [GET IT!]; Text: by Bishop, Elizabeth (all songs in catalog); in English, from a gender-neutral perspective

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