Works about Death
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Be Grateful, My Soul
A passionate testament to life’s worth, even when facing adversity and oppression
A passionate testament to life’s worth, even when facing adversity and oppression
Poet/Lyricist: Norbert Čapek
- SSAA a cappella OR 5-part canon
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Langston Hughes
- SSATB, piano
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Wendell Berry
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Lyon, Ignatow, Moore, Ammons, Erdrich, White, Hafiz / Ladinsky
- Voice, cello, piano
Level: Various
Nature Creature (musical score)
A passionate, eclectic song cycle on the beauty and complexity of being alive
A passionate, eclectic song cycle on the beauty and complexity of being alive
Poet/Lyricist: Lyon, Ignatow, Moore, Ammons, Erdrich, White, Hafiz / Ladinsky
- Low voice, piano, opt. cello
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Low voice, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Rabbis Sylvan Kamens / Jack Riemer
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Y Comienzo a Bailar (“And I Begin To Dance”)
An intimate portrait of the bittersweet experience of memory, loss, and love
An intimate portrait of the bittersweet experience of memory, loss, and love
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander / Augustin Cadena
- SATB, piano
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Teresa Schreiber Werth
- SSAA a cappella
Level: MA