Remember the Old Songs
Pamela J. Marshall
About this work:
A rhapsodic treatment of favorite old tunes from childhood, dedicated to the composer's mother. The singer delivers the tunes fairly straightforwardly, but fragmented as if dredging them out of memory, while the pianist explores many different paths implied in the songs. The movements are:
1. Shenandoah Echo, based on the traditional song Shenandoah
2. Juanita and Caroline, based on the song Juanita by Caroline Norton which surrounds a setting of Norton's poem "I do not love thee"
3. Whistling Dixie, based on the Southern minstrel tune Dixie
Available from Spindrift Music Company (www.spindrift.com)
Year composed: 2000
Duration: 00:16:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Unknown
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Tenor
Instrumentation notes: Tenor or mezzo-soprano. Also played by the composer on horn.