Winter Privacy (1999) by Nicolas Scherzinger text by Arthur Bly Duration: circa 11 minutes Six songs for mezzo-soprano (or tenor) and piano AUDIO FILES Press the PLAY button below to listen: Winter Privacy (6 songs) Winter Privacy
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computer: Above live performance is by Janet Brown, voice, and Sar-Shalom Strong, piano. click here to go back to LIST OF WORKS page MUSIC (SCORE and PARTS) - PDF copy Click here (Score) to download a copy of the complete score. email - nscherzi@gmail.com MUSIC (SCORE and PARTS) - order a hardcopy To order a hard copy of the music, please contact Nicolas Scherzinger directly (email below). A paypal option to order hard copies of music will be available soon (2012). Send an email to Nicolas Scherzinger directly, with
the title of the piece you would like to order. NOTE: whether you download a copy of the score,
or order a hardcopy, if you decide to perform the piece in public, please
let me know about it via email, or even send me a program. click here to go back to LIST OF WORKS page PROGRAM NOTE Winter Privacy is a set of songs based on poetry by Arthur Bly. The songs were originally composed in the winter of 1999, during my fifth year of living in the "snow belt" of western New York. I was particularly drawn to the dichotomies of light and dark, warm and cold, life and death. In composing the songs, I was very interested in portraying the images and moods of the text in as concise a manner as possible. The music is almost completely reliant on the text for its expression. Originally composed for tenor and piano, I revised the songs this past winter specifically for the soprano, Janet Brown. I am indebted to both Janet Brown and pianist Sar-Shalom Strong for putting in the time and effort to learn the songs, and I dedicate this revised edition to them with admiration.
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