I am pleased to present links to 4 new scrolling score YouTube videos for *9 of the 12 Songs of Op. 27 by Alexander Zemlinsky, edited, arranged, and translated by me.
They are synthesized performances and scrolling scores in search of live performances.
The sheet music is available from me. stanley(at)stanleymhoffman.com
I hope you enjoy them, and that word of mouth gets out about them all in both the vocal and choral worlds. Thank you.
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Music and Words: Public Domain
Arrangements and Translations:
© Copyright 2021 by Stanley M. Hoffman.
www.stanleymhoffman.com
All rights reserved.
*The three missing songs are composed to texts by Langston Hughes and Claude McKay; alphabetically they are titled African Dance (LH), Harlem Dancer (CM), and Misery (LH). Although the texts are in the Public Domain, the German translations by Anna Siemsen that Zemlinsky used are protected in the EU until 2037. Videos including the translations that would be broadcast to the world on a service such as YouTube are forbidden until then. However, those three songs may be performed in the USA until 2037 and worldwide thereafter.
AVAILABLE EDITIONS
• Piano/Vocal Score (soprano solo and piano; each song is also available separately)
• Piano/Choral Score (soprano solo, SATB chorus, and piano; each song is also available separately)
• Full Orchestral Score for vocal version
• Full Orchestral Score for choral version
• Instrumental Parts that work with both versions
• Each song is available separately
INSTRUMENTATION
Flute/Piccolo
Oboe/English Horn
Clarinet in B-flat/optional Soprano Saxophone in B-flat in songs 7–9
Bassoon
2 Horns in F
Trumpet in B-flat
Trombone
Tuba
Percussion
(Glockenspiel, Suspended Cymbal, Wind Chimes, Bass Drum, Timpani, Tom-toms [4])
Keyboard (Celesta/Piano)
Harp
Strings
DURATION:
ca. 17:00
Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959)
For biographical information visit:
www.stanleymhoffman.com
