----Original Message----- >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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