Milwaukee, WI : Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard
Physical Details
1 score (xvi, 231 pages) ; 30 cm
ISBNs
1480330485, 9781480330481
OCLC
ocn883246208
The hawthorn tree (cycle) originally for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble (flute, oboe, viola, double bass, and piano); Billy in the darbies originally for baritone and string quartet.
Many songs are published here for the first time.
Includes notes on the songs, performance and notation, and biographical notes in English.
Staff notation.
English words; Italian words for Laura sonnets also printed separately as text with English translation.
Chestnuts. Tears, idle tears ; So sweet love seemed ; In dreams, unhappy ; The day is done -- From the diary of Sally Hemings. Part one. They say I was born old ; Martha and Maria ; White waves ; Paris, c'est la ville vivante ; Master brings music to his sitting room ; I was carrying a tray when he called me -- Part two. Come back to America ; Back home at Monticello ; Purple hyacinth begins to bloom ; My sister ghost -- Part three. Peonies, a perfume box ; Mister, our child is frail ; Dark winter blue-black evening ; Old shoe! Old shoe! -- Part four. Wild man home from the woods ; Papers! ; Night watch till early morn ; If I take my freedom ; Dear children -- from The hawthorn tree. The dream ; The hawthorn tree ; Chagrin ; Swimming aria -- Laura sonnets. Sonetto 5 ; Sonetto 90 ; Sonetto 267 ; Sonetto 286 ; Sonetto 292 -- Old addresses. Lady death ; The next table ; Histrion ; Ballad of the landlord ; The embrace ; Africa ; To my old addresses -- Songs not from a cycle or set. Billy in the darbies ; Gettysburg: July 1, 1863 ; The Jersey side ; Rhyme ; September 1, 1939 ; Sonnet 29