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An Arab Love-Song

Byartsyhonker October 31, 2017 0 Comments

This is one of the pieces from the Musical Hat Draw. I really enjoyed that project, but it didn't result in a single sale of music! So I've decided to release the pieces as I normally would, through Patreon, instead. This text was suggested by TJA Thurman, but written by Francis Thompson. It's for a small or flexible choir, with piano accompaniment. An Arab Love-Song Francis Thompson (1859-1907)...

Yantantessera

Byartsyhonker November 30, 2016 0 Comments

I'm very pleased to make available my setting of TJA Thurman's poem, "Yantantessera". One fine dark night with a fine dark sky And fine-sliced moon so bright, A Cat leapt forth with a fine black coat And paws of moonlit white; If I should ask you to say her name I'm sure you'd tell me that She's Yantantessera, Tessera, Tessera, Tessera Tessera, Cat. She had no humans, she had no home, She had no...