by Kurt Knecht | Dec 31, 2016
Three poems for soprano and piano by the British poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. Purchase the score on MusicSpoke. 1 Inversnaid 2 Spring and Fall: To a Young Child 3 Thou art Indeed Just, Lord...
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 31, 2016
A setting of an original text for mezzo soprano and piano. The three movements follow the story of a girl from “coming out” to her parents as a music major. There follows a patter song filled with musical references that only musicians will understand. It...
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 31, 2016
A setting of the Wallace Stevens poem “13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” for soprano and piano. The work is 13 short movements with reoccurring themes. You also get to use a guitar pick inside the piano to play it. Purchase the score on MusicSpoke....
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 31, 2016
A setting of five poems from Rilke’s Das Stundenbuch in German for soprano and piano. The Rilke poems are written from the perspective a Medieval monk writing love poems to God. Purchase the scores on MusicSpoke. 1 Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen 2 Du...
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 31, 2016
Five poems by Carl Sandburg for soprano and piano that will simultaneously make you laugh and cry. 1 The Hangman at Home. 2 Monotone 3. Personality 4. Grieg being dead 5. Black Horizons. Purchase the score on MusicSpoke. 1 The Hangman at Home 2 Monotone 3 Personality...
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