This site contains hundreds of examples from my scores -- including more than 775 art songs -- as well as texts, commentary on both texts and music, and miscellaneous articles and poetry.  Many scores are available free as PDF downloads. Because the main language of this site is English, its pages include English translations from other languages as well as historical information about the authors whose words I have set into song -- something of who they were and are, what they have given and still give to us. Such artists throughout the ages deserve our respect for the scope and content of their work. There are also photos and some biographical material about the performers for whom I have chosen to compose, as well as some to whom I have dedicated my work. It is intended that this site be a resource for any who have interest in my work as it progresses, and that the content of this site give joy, insight and stimulation to those who come to the works herein. For more information about the site itself please click on the link below or click on a subject in the banner above.
Most recent posting: He Had His Dream - text of Paul Laurence Dunbar - for medium voice and piano Sketcherie - little musings for an artist Merry-go-round - text of the composer - for medium voice and piano Over the Hills - text of Paul Laurence Dunbar - for medium or low voice and piano Killer kills killer - an editorial rhyme Trois Chansons de Gide - texts of André Gide - for high voice and piano newly edited and engraved I don't care - a statement in rhyme, and Let's take that leaking lifeboat - a editorial verse Election Day - text of Ambrose Bierce- for medium voice and piano On the Death of a Politician - text of Hilaire Belloc - for medium voice and piano Chicago Poem II - news rhymes with views Bills - text of Mark Twain - for medium voice and piano The Modern Politician - a portrait of no one in particular, and Free Money - a tale in verse Old Radicals - a rhymed observation, and Rhetorical Tides - verses and refrains Well, we are out of money now - text after public quotes of Barak Hussein Obama II - for medium voice and piano Politics - text of Ambrose Bierce - for medium voice and piano We've got to fight these battles - a rhyme for the day Mortality - text of Paul Laurence Dunbar - for medium voice and piano Ob ich dich liebe - text of Johann Wolfgang Goethe - for medium voice and piano Seliger Tod - text of Ludwig Uhland - for medium or high voice and piano Prähistorische Ballade - text of Friedrich Theodor Vischer - for high voice and piano Der Rabe Ralf - text of Christian Morgenstern - for medium or low voice and piano Individualität - text of Wilhelm Busch - for medium voice and piano Spiritual Love Song - text of Roger Bourland - for medium voice and piano Essays on Peace - text adapted from rabbinic sources - for SATB divisi chorus, harp, piano and string quintet newly edited and engraved Accountability - text of Paul Laurence Dunbar - for medium voice and piano Raise those taxes! - text of the composer - for medium or high voice and piano Directions for Singing - text of John Wesley - for baritone and piano An meinen Lehrer - text of Joachim Ringelnatz - for baritone and piano The Debt Unpayable - text of Francis William Bourdillon - for medium voice and piano Good morning, Life - text of W. H. Davies - for medium voice and piano Geschmacksache - text of Wilhelm Busch - for medium voice and piano The Sum - text of Paul Laurence Dunbar - for medium or low voice and piano Frau Teemaschine - text of Joachim Ringelnatz - for medium voice and piano One's-Self I Sing - text of Walt Whitman - for baritone and piano We Two Boys - text of Walt Whitman - for baritone and piano In the Forest - text of Oscar Wilde - for baritone and piano Requiescat - text of Oscar Wilde - for baritone and piano Ich und Du - text of Friedrich Hebbel - for medium voice and piano Ale khazonim - a cycle of five songs to Yiddish folk texts - for medium voice and piano newly edited and engraved Die Stadt - text of Theodor Storm - for medium voice and piano In Zelle 108 - text of Joachim Ringelnatz - for medium voice and piano 
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