In the two reminiscences which frame this set, A Garret of Old Playthings and Even the Moon Remembers, the blurred outlines of memory are reflected in Sandburg's enigmatic lyrics and shadowy piano accompaniment. In the central song, Changing Light Winds, the soprano's linear serenity soars above the piano's restless waves of sound. The poet's wry wit is evident in God is No Gentleman and Spring Grass, which are as mischievous and irregular musically as they are poetically.
I. A Garret of Old Playthings
II. God Is No Gentleman
III. Changing Light Winds
IV. Spring Grass
V. Even the Moon Remembers
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SEA-028-00 | High voice, piano - Piano/Vocal Score | 5' | MA | https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/garret_of_old_playthings_i_a_garret_of_old_playthings.mp3 |
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Sheet Music | $20.00 | |
SEA-028-00DEL | High voice, piano - Piano / Vocal Score | 5'00" | MA | https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/garret_of_old_playthings_i_a_garret_of_old_playthings.mp3 |
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Licensed PDF | $20.00 |
This is the earliest work in my catalog — open-hearted songs which always remind me of my friend Janet Youngdahl, for whom they were written.
Premiere: Janet Youngdahl and Elizabeth Alexander (Wooster, OH)
Cheryl Coker and Chris Brunt. Millsaps College (Jackson, MS)
Cheryl Coker and Gail Olszewski. University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Christine Killian and Jenya Trubnikava. McPhail Center for Music (Minneapolis, MN)
Harriet McCleary and Elizabeth Alexander. CD Release Party (St. Paul, MN)
Harriet McCleary and Jason Alfred. Tuesday Musicale (Bloomington, MN)
Harriet McCleary and Pam Sohriakoff. Hennepin Methodist Music Series (Minneapolis, MN)
Harriet McCleary and Ruth Palmer. Tuesday Musicale (Bloomington, MN)
Janet Youngdahl and Diane Grzesiak. Delta College (University Center, MI)
Janet Youngdahl and Vivian Montgomery. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Kristen Park and Elizabeth Alexander. Benefit for The Task Force for Battered Women (Ithaca, NY)
Linda Larson and Christopher Morgan Loy. CRS Barn Studio (Ithaca, NY)
Susan Craft and Genevieve Jones. University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
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