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Genius Child: High Voice by Ricky Ian Gordon - Voice and Piano Sheet Music | Complete Cycle of 10 Langston Hughes Poetry Settings | Contemporary American Classical Art Song Collection
Genius High Voice by American composer Ricky Ian Gordon is a vocal sheet music collection for high voice and piano, bringing together a complete cycle of ten songs set to poems by Langston Hughes. Created for singers and pianists interested in contemporary classical vocal music, art song, recital literature, and the relationship between poetry and music, the collection presents Gordon's expressive settings in one coordinated volume.
The collection contains all ten songs in the Genius Child cycle with vocal and piano material for rehearsal and performance. Gordon's settings draw on Hughes's distinctive poetry while reflecting the work of a composer whose music spans the concert hall, opera, dance, theatre, and film. Having the complete cycle in one volume allows singers and pianists to explore individual selections as well as the connections among the texts and musical settings.
For vocalists, pianists, teachers, and performers exploring contemporary classical song, this collection supports close attention to text setting, phrasing, interpretation, and coordination between voice and piano. The variety of poetic subjects creates opportunities to consider contrasting moods and characters while keeping the words of Langston Hughes at the center of the musical experience.
Song List
Border Line * Genius Child * Joy * Kid In The Park * My People * Prayer * Strange Hurt * To Be Somebody * Troubled Woman * Winter Moon
Genius Child offers a focused way to experience the meeting of Ricky Ian Gordon's music and Langston Hughes's poetry through ten related vocal works. Whether chosen for individual song preparation, rehearsal, recital and performance preparation, or as a thoughtful gift for a singer, pianist, or admirer of American art song, this collection keeps the complete cycle together for continued musical exploration.
The collection contains all ten songs in the Genius Child cycle with vocal and piano material for rehearsal and performance. Gordon's settings draw on Hughes's distinctive poetry while reflecting the work of a composer whose music spans the concert hall, opera, dance, theatre, and film. Having the complete cycle in one volume allows singers and pianists to explore individual selections as well as the connections among the texts and musical settings.
For vocalists, pianists, teachers, and performers exploring contemporary classical song, this collection supports close attention to text setting, phrasing, interpretation, and coordination between voice and piano. The variety of poetic subjects creates opportunities to consider contrasting moods and characters while keeping the words of Langston Hughes at the center of the musical experience.
Song List
Border Line * Genius Child * Joy * Kid In The Park * My People * Prayer * Strange Hurt * To Be Somebody * Troubled Woman * Winter Moon
Genius Child offers a focused way to experience the meeting of Ricky Ian Gordon's music and Langston Hughes's poetry through ten related vocal works. Whether chosen for individual song preparation, rehearsal, recital and performance preparation, or as a thoughtful gift for a singer, pianist, or admirer of American art song, this collection keeps the complete cycle together for continued musical exploration.
52 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1996
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