Reflections and Contemplations: a Cycle of eight poems on American texts for soprano & piano is currently unavailable

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Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928003 Composed by Malcolm D Robertson. 20th Century,Contemporary. 42 pages. Mr Malcolm D Robertson #6638409. Published by Mr Malcolm D Robertson (A0.928003). These eight songs date from both earlier in my life and December 2020. The first two originally date from 1995 and are settings of my favourite poet Emily Dickinson. 'Because I could not stop for death' is one of her best known poems but 'After a hundred years' is not as well known - both settings were revised slightly in November 2020. 'Sure on this Shining Night' to words by James Agee, dates from 1994 and I've only made very minor revisions. 'To my Dear & Loving Husband' was originally composed in 1986 & sets a poem by the remarkable 17th century poet Anne Bradstreet. The song has been heavily revised in early December 2020, most notably the piano part, the vocal line is largely unchanged from the 1986 original. 'Dream Variations' was completed in December 2020 and sets a poem by one of the leaders of the 'Harlem Renaissance' - Langston Hughes. 'Music I heard' was completed on 18/12/2020 and sets Conrad Aiken's best known poem. 'Dream within a Dream' completed on 21/12/20 sets one of Edgar Allan Poe's thought provoking poems. The final song in the Cycle, sets a poem by the Canadian Native American - Chief Dan George and was completed on 27/12/20. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).