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>From: Molly McLinden <verdirules@h...>
>From: Molly McLinden <verdirules@h...>
>Subject: [vocalist] Young baritone needs wedding song
>Date: Friday, July 13, 2001 7:06 PM
>
>My 19 year old baritone friend needs either a love song or "love aria"
>suitable for a wedding cominh up next month.
>I suggested "Bist du bei mir" but he wants something a bit easier- he
hasn't
>*really* sung since juries two months ago!
>
Molly,
as you already know - lieder is a beautiful medium for chamber, studio or
parlor programming. But, why would lieder be considered for - and I'm
guessing here - an American English wedding? Unless the wedding
program has a translation of the selection - I don't see how the celebrants
& congregation will appreciate the words being conveyed. Would it
be memorable enough to convey the message of sharing the commitment
of love? I guess there are many factors to consider that are missing from
the
original post.
Placing myself in the situation of the young baritone - I would be
gravitating
toward a love song from an American or English composer. Someone like
Cole Porter or Irving Berlin. Something like: "They say that falling in love
is wonderful" from Annie Get Your Gun. Or "All the things you are" from
Very Warm for May. Or look into a selection by George Gershwin? The
list really is voluminous & should be considered because the literature is
accessible, easy to learn, easy on the voice (with limitations) & everybody
will understand what's being sung.
Just a thought...fwiw.
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