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Lyrics of Life : for soprano and guitar / Lowell Dykstra; lyrics by W. Sharp, P.B. Shelley, W.H. Davids, E.A. Poe, E. Dickinson, L. Marks, S. Teasdale

Publisher's number: 21349
Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr gt
Remarks: Written for and dedicated to Channa Malkin and Izhar Elias. Leisure, El Dorado, Joy and The life that I have were premiered by Channa Malkin and Izhar Elias at the ‘Paleis van Jusitie’, Leeuwarden (the Netherlands) during the City Proms on October 3, 2021.
Duration: 12'00"
Number of players: 2
Year of composition: 2021
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

Other authors:
Dykstra, Lowell (Composer)
Description:
Lyrics of Life are the outcome of two musical worlds: my background in popular music and the classical. Having grown up in the 60s and 70s my musical expression was mainly formed by pop music with a special focus on singer-song writers such as Paul Simon and Don McClean. However, as of 1980 or so, my interest switched to classical music. Yet somehow, I knew that someday I would write a piece for voice and guitar where both genres could meet. It is in these songs that I strongly feel I have achieved this. Although classical in form and idiom, they touch the directness of popular song.
Lowell Dykstra

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