Four Dickinson Songs
Lori Laitman
About this work:
In the spring of 1996 I composed Four Dickinson Songs. The combination of these poems allows for dramatic musical contrasts within the cycle. The wistful Will There Really Be A Morning? gives way to the humorous and bouncy I'm Nobody. The elegiac ambience of She Died is created by a spare opening piano accompaniment that later alternates with fluid meters. If I... was composed as a gift for my father's 80th birthday. Its simple, accessible melody passes from voice to piano and back again before ending with the singer humming.
Version: soprano and piano
Year composed: 1996
Duration: 00:08:43
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Solo Voice with Keyboard
Instrumentation: ,1 Piano soloist(s), ,1 Soprano soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: This song cycle is also available in a mezzo soprano version. Soprano Jennifer Check and pianist Warren Jones have recorded this; it's on my 2nd CD, "Dreaming - Songs of Lori Laitman," released by Albany Records. To hear sound clips, please visit www.artsongs.com. The sheet music is available from Classical Vocal Reprints at 1-800-298-7474.