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From: taschmdt-at-uiuc.edu (Tim Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Rep. Tom The Rhymer
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John Milnthorp wrote:
>I recently heard a marvelous German art ballad on Adventures in Good Music
>on PBS. It was called Tom the Rhymer (or at least the German equivalent).
>I sing tenor with the Mendellsohn Choir in Pittsburgh and I would like to
>work this piece up for this year's re-audition. However, I did not catch
>the composer's name.....

There may be more than one setting of this, but the only one I am aware of
is by Karl Loewe, a comtemporary of Schubert. He has a number of wonderful
setting of ballad poetry. Peters Publishing has at least two volumes,
available for both high and low voice, if I recall correctly. I don't have
my copies at home, though, so I'm not sure which volume Tom der Rymer is
actually in. Hopefully that will give you a decent lead for your search,
though. good luck!

--Tim Schmidt