For tenor and piano. Foreword, preface, introduction, and biographies of composers (pages 119-139) in English.
Contents:
River / (2002) / Roger Zahab. At any given moment (from Modern love songs) (2002) / Chester Biscardi ; William Zinsser -- In the golden afternoon (from Within the looking glass) / Lewis Carroll ; Clint Borzoni -- Inebriate of air / Emily Dickinson ; Steven Burke -- Like men and women (from Songs of insects and animals) / Emily Dickinson ; Daniel Gilliam -- June (from The poet's calendar) / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Juliana Hall -- Her final show / Rafael Campo ; Drew Hemenger -- Princess stories (from Somewhere, love) / Joel E. Jacobson ; Garrett Hope -- Like the dove (from Nostalgia) / Eli Carvajal ; Rory Johnston -- Love and friendship (from Confiding) / Emily Brontë ; David Leisner -- Tuesdays and Thursdays (from Snapshots) / Anonymous ; Lisa Neher -- Prick'd / William Shakespeare ; Frank J. Oteri -- Black is the color (from Three Folk Songs) / Traditional ; Gabrielle Owens -- If thou'lt be mine (from Three poems of Thomas Moore) / Thomas Moore ; Darien Shulman -- John Anderson, My Jo (from And he'll be mine) / Robert Burns ; Dennis Tobenski -- Here the frailest leaves of me (from Leaves) / Walt Whitman ; Craig Urquhart -- Let me play the fool (from Fools) / William Shakespeare ; Philip Wharton -- Night (from Heaven and Earth) / William Blake ; Scott Wheeler -- When first I loved you (from Six love songs) / David Wolfson -- River / Roger Zahab.
Summary:
"These songs, which were predominantly composed in the 21st century, represent a broad range of compositional styles from composers living and writing today, and were curated for intermediate through advanced voices."--Publisher's website.
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