On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 sopran@a... wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> I could use some suggestions for soprano solo or duets for two sopranos on
> the following themes;
>
> Carnival
"Carousel" from JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS would
be ideal (albeit not classical).
one of the songs from Bob Merrill's musical, CARNIVAL - esp. one sung by
Anna Maria Alberghetti in the original cast (e.g., "Love Makes the World
go 'Round")
"The Merry-go-Round at Night" by Cary John Franklin
If you're willing to expand your theme to include fairs as well as
carnivals, you'll have a bit more luck. Then you could add:
Stanford: Trottin' to the fair
Stanford: The Fair
Warlock (arr.): Yarmouth Fair
Butterworth, Moeran, or Sommervell: The lads in their hundreds
> Timelines (music that marks an important historic event)
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND DARK AGES
Schubert: Aphiaraos (the first Theban war)
Elliott Carter: The Defense of Corinth (Philip of Macedon's Siege and Ruin
of Corinth)
Marie-Joseph-Alexandre-Deodat de Severac: Les Huns (invasion of Europe by
Attila and his hordes)
BIBLICAL HISTORY
Schumann or Orff: Belsatzar (King Belshazzar's banquet and destruction)
ENGLISH HISTORY
Schubert: Romanze des Richard Loewenherz (Richard the Lionheart)
Schumann: Blondels Lied (Captivity of Richard the Lionheart in France
after the Crusades)
Louis Niedermeyer: Jane Gray (the brief reign and execution of Lady Jane
Grey)
Purcell: High on a throne of glitt'ring ore (praise of Queen Elizabeth I)
Schumann: Gedichte der Koenigin Maria Stuart (texts by Mary, Queen of
Scots)
Joachim Raff: Maria Stuart, ein Cyklus von Gesaengen (texts by Mary, Queen
of Scots)
Wagner: Les adieux de Marie Stuart
Stanford: Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain (Drake's victory over the
Spanish Armada)
Elgar: Shakespeare's Kingdom, from PAGEANT OF EMPIRE (England's victory
over the Armada)
Korngold: Alt-englisch (Earl of Essex's destruction of Cadiz after the
Armada)
Burns: There'll never be peace till Jamie comes home (exile of James, the
Old Pretender, of Scotland - father of Bonnie Prince Charlie)
Ivor Gurney: The night of Trafalgar (Lord Nelson's death in the Battle of
Trafalgar)
Grainger: Recessional (text written by Kipling for Queen Victoria's
diamond jubilee)
Ives: The Song of the Dead (British Imperialism)
H.H. Godfrey: When Johnny Canuck comes home (The Boer War)
Bernard Rands: Futility from CANTI DEL SOLE #8 (World War One,
specifically the poem by Wilfred Owen)
FRENCH HISTORY
Wagner: Les deux grenadiers (Napoleon's war with Russia)
Schumann: Die beiden Grenadiere, op. 49 #1 (Napoleon's war with Russia)
SPANISH HISTORY
Walton: Christopher Columbus Suite (Columbus' expedition; expulsion of
the Moors from Spain)
RUSSIAN HISTORY
Milhaud: Les Soirees de Petrograde (various Russian historical references,
including the 1917 revolution)
ITALIAN HISTORY
Henze: Caino, from STIMMEN #7 (Italian Resistance to Hitler, WWII)
Henze: Il Pasi, from STIMMEN #8 ( " " )
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AND GERMAN HISTORY
Hans Eisler: Revolutions-Rueckblick (a November revolution in Germany in
the 19th c.)
Loewe: Prinz Eugen, der edle Ritter (Turkey's campaign during the
Napoleonic Wars, against the Austro-Hungarian/Russian alliance)
Hanns Eisler: Epitaph auf einen in der Flandernschlacht Gefallenen, from
HOLLYWOOD LIEDERBUCH (World War Two)
Hanns Eisler: Immer raus mit der Mutter (World War Two)
AMERICAN HISTORY
Ives: From "Lincoln, the Great Commoner" (Abraham Lincoln)
Ives: The Indians (Slaughter of the Native Americans)
Ives: Three Songs of the War (World War One)
Ives: Nov. 2 1920 (World War One)
Henze: 42 Schulkinder, from STIMMEN #6 (Vietnam War)
Henze: Recht und Billig, from STIMMEN #14 (Vietnam War)
KM
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