{"product_id":"26082-del-tredici-david-three-songs-for-baritone-and-piano-inscribed-score","title":"Del Tredici, David. (1937-2023) Three Songs for Baritone and Piano - INSCRIBED SCORE","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFacsimile autograph musical score, inscribed by the composer in red ink to the front title page to fellow composer, Christopher Berg: \"For Chris - In friendship and with admiration \/ David D T 9\/11\/99.\" Upright tall folio, spiralbound. 50 pp. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Quietness\" is a tiny Rumi poem, exhorting the reader to follow a meditative path through surrender to ecstacy. Each line, Haiku- like, reveals an insight. Some are paradoxical, others profound.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichael Klein's \"Drinking Song\" is a pisser. In my obstreperous setting the piano is the drunk — rough, relentless, seductive, \"dangerous.\" Never sure of his safety or whether he's \"riding\" a \"dolphin\" or a \"shark,\" the poet (like the singer) hangs on for dear life—that is, till the last line.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Matthew Shepard\" by Jaime Manrique touched me. The brutal homophobic death of this innocent resonated with my own loss through AIDS of a young lover, Paul. To surround with music that moment when the soul leaves the body, that transformation of pain into bliss, was my inspiration and challenge.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– David Del Tredici\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62830568407199,"sku":"26082","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/DelTredici_Three_Songs_SM_26082a.jpg?v=1784314773","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/26082-del-tredici-david-three-songs-for-baritone-and-piano-inscribed-score","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}