My Settings of Poems by Emily Dickinson
Unless there is E. D. addict I've
not heard of yet, I've set more
of Emily Dickinson's poems than anyone else.
Unless there is E. D. addict I've
not heard of yet, I've set more
of Emily Dickinson's poems than anyone else.
Emily Dickinson, poet
Volume IV. Book IV: Cantata Ballets (See listings in Volume VII. Opera):
1A. Ample Make This Bed: Set in the 1980s, this is the story of two gay men, one of whom contracts A. I. D. S..
1B. Covid-19: Completed in April of 2020 during the covid-19 pandemic, and set in 2020, "Covid-19" is the story of two lovers, who are again referred to simply as A and B.
1a. Ample/Covid-19a: 1 hour and 50 minutes for a poetry reader (A), soloist (B); trio; chorus; small to medium sized orchestra: 2 2+ 2+ 2+ 1/1/1/1 percussion, timpani; harp; strings & at least 3 dancers.
1b. Ample/Covid-19b: piano vocal version of 19a.
1c. Ample/Covid-19c: 95 minutes (55 shorter movements); reader (A); soloist (B); trio and/or small chorus; English horn, clarinet doubling bass clarinet, bassoon doubling contrabassoon; D. B. string quartet, piano, & at least 3 dancers.
1d. Ample/Covid-19d. piano vocal version of 19c; This is the original version.
1A. Ample Make This Bed: Set in the 1980s, this is the story of two gay men, one of whom contracts A. I. D. S..
1B. Covid-19: Completed in April of 2020 during the covid-19 pandemic, and set in 2020, "Covid-19" is the story of two lovers, who are again referred to simply as A and B.
1a. Ample/Covid-19a: 1 hour and 50 minutes for a poetry reader (A), soloist (B); trio; chorus; small to medium sized orchestra: 2 2+ 2+ 2+ 1/1/1/1 percussion, timpani; harp; strings & at least 3 dancers.
1b. Ample/Covid-19b: piano vocal version of 19a.
1c. Ample/Covid-19c: 95 minutes (55 shorter movements); reader (A); soloist (B); trio and/or small chorus; English horn, clarinet doubling bass clarinet, bassoon doubling contrabassoon; D. B. string quartet, piano, & at least 3 dancers.
1d. Ample/Covid-19d. piano vocal version of 19c; This is the original version.
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Volume V. Book I. Solo Voice with Orchestra:
2. Remembrance of Love's Death: 21 minute cycle of 12 songs; Emily Dickinson; for low voice: 2a. Remembrance of Love's Death: with orchestra: 2/2/2 2/2/1/1 harp, percussion & strings. See the same selections in Volume III, Book ViII. 2b. Remembrance of Love's Death: with harp and double bass string quartet or string orchestra; 2c. Remembrance of Love's Death: with piano. 9 of the songs were performed by the composer with pianist, Eileen Feldman at 1st and 2nd Unitarian Society, Boston. Please click on Eileen Feldman to the right to hear the premiere and read the poems: |
Eileen Feldman, pianist
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Volume V. Book III. Solo Voice with Instruments Book IIIa. High Voice with Instruments:
3. Six Valentine's Day Cards: 6 minute cycle for soprano, flute, harp and piano;
Emily Dickinson; performed, in an earlier, withheld version by Eric Mazonson, pianist, in Marblehead, MA. with soprano, Mary Saunders; Kristin Webb, flute; and Russell Southcott, guitar: The Putnam Court Musicians (PCM).
3. Six Valentine's Day Cards: 6 minute cycle for soprano, flute, harp and piano;
Emily Dickinson; performed, in an earlier, withheld version by Eric Mazonson, pianist, in Marblehead, MA. with soprano, Mary Saunders; Kristin Webb, flute; and Russell Southcott, guitar: The Putnam Court Musicians (PCM).
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5. Some Things That Fly: 7 songs for soprano, flute & guitar to poems by Emily Dickinson; 10 minutes & 35 seconds; 5 songs performed several times by The Putnam Court Musicians: Mary Saunders, soprano; Kristin Webb, flute and Russell Southcott, guitar To hear 3 songs please click on the red button below: |
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Volume V. Book IVb. Low Voice with Piano:
2. Three Portraits: 6 minutes; poems by William Butler Yeats; Linda Ann Cecil and Emily Dickinson. Performed several times with by the composer with pianist, Merton Brown (right). To hear "Three Portraits" please click on the buttons below; or to read the poems click on Mr. Brown: 1. Old Love: poem by William Butler Yeats: 2. Young Love: poem by Linda Ann Cecil:
3. Secret Love: poem by Emily Dickinson:
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Merton Brown, pianist
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Volume VI. Book I. Unaccompanied Chorus
8. Sic Transit gloria mundi: 3 part chorus; 10 minutes in English with some Latin;
Emily Dickinson. Used with permission. Unperformed.
Volume VI. Book III. Chorus with String Orchestra:
2. That I Did Always Love: SATB chorus with soprano and bass-baritone soloists, flute doubling alto flute (all versions), 5 movements; 19 minutes; Emily Dickinson. Movements I., III., & V. dedicated to my husband, Andrew Hubbard; The rest dedicated to the performers, especially, II, which is dedicated to Linda Cecil.
2a. That I did Always Love: That I did Always Love: with percussion (triangle, gong and cymbals), timpani, harp, and strings.
2b. That I did Always Love: That I did Always Love: with flute doubling alto flute, harp, violin, viola, 'cello and double bass.
2c. That I did Always Love: with flute, and piano or organ. Movement II. "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" text by Henry van Dyke; premiered by soprano, Linda Cecil and Malinda Callas, flute. Commissioned by, and performed at Christ Church, New Brunswick, NJ; (recording coming soon). Movement V "Love is like Life" for SATB; performed at Colby College, Waterville, ME under Ray Ackerman; (recording coming soon).
3. Lavender Requiem: 7 movements in 22 minutes; with soprano solo, solo SSATB quartet, chorus, percussion, timpani and string orchestra. The texts: Psalms of David, Emily Dickinson, and William Butler Yeats (English); "Kyrie eleison" (Greek); Angilbertus, Prudentius and "Requiem aeternam" (Latin). Written in memory of the victims of the Nazi "Pink Triangle." "Psalm 24" performed by at Bates College, ME under Marion Anderson and The First Unitarian Society of Cambridge. MA.
under Gordon Dean. The rest is unperformed.
2a. Lavender Requiem: with timpani and strings.
2b. Lavender Requiem: with keyboard.
8. Sic Transit gloria mundi: 3 part chorus; 10 minutes in English with some Latin;
Emily Dickinson. Used with permission. Unperformed.
Volume VI. Book III. Chorus with String Orchestra:
2. That I Did Always Love: SATB chorus with soprano and bass-baritone soloists, flute doubling alto flute (all versions), 5 movements; 19 minutes; Emily Dickinson. Movements I., III., & V. dedicated to my husband, Andrew Hubbard; The rest dedicated to the performers, especially, II, which is dedicated to Linda Cecil.
2a. That I did Always Love: That I did Always Love: with percussion (triangle, gong and cymbals), timpani, harp, and strings.
2b. That I did Always Love: That I did Always Love: with flute doubling alto flute, harp, violin, viola, 'cello and double bass.
2c. That I did Always Love: with flute, and piano or organ. Movement II. "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" text by Henry van Dyke; premiered by soprano, Linda Cecil and Malinda Callas, flute. Commissioned by, and performed at Christ Church, New Brunswick, NJ; (recording coming soon). Movement V "Love is like Life" for SATB; performed at Colby College, Waterville, ME under Ray Ackerman; (recording coming soon).
3. Lavender Requiem: 7 movements in 22 minutes; with soprano solo, solo SSATB quartet, chorus, percussion, timpani and string orchestra. The texts: Psalms of David, Emily Dickinson, and William Butler Yeats (English); "Kyrie eleison" (Greek); Angilbertus, Prudentius and "Requiem aeternam" (Latin). Written in memory of the victims of the Nazi "Pink Triangle." "Psalm 24" performed by at Bates College, ME under Marion Anderson and The First Unitarian Society of Cambridge. MA.
under Gordon Dean. The rest is unperformed.
2a. Lavender Requiem: with timpani and strings.
2b. Lavender Requiem: with keyboard.