Oh Hell No

Oh Hell No for voice and piano

Text by Maggie Smith

Dennis Tobenski

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Oh Hell No for voice and piano

(2017)

Text by Maggie Smith

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Dennis Tobenski

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Dennis Tobenski: OH HELL NO for voice and piano Copyright Š 2017 by Tobenski Media, Inc., New York All rights reserved. ASCAP. Text copyright Š 2017 by Maggie Smith.

Used with the kind permission of the author.

This edition first published in 2017 by Tobenski Media, Inc. 31-52 36th St., #3F Astoria, NY 11106 ISMN 979-0-800070-18-1

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Composer's Note

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This song was written in a fit of supreme silliness.

It started as a tweet by poet Maggie Smith, whose "Good Bones" I had recently finished setting. Another writer formatted the tweet to look as though it were a poem published on Poets.org, and I ran with his joke.

For the song, I took the liberty of un-abbreviating the phrase "Casually af."

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ea se fo vi Pe r p si ru t ur de sal ch n S as nis co e i to re nf be or n m sk at i.c io om n

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Sweet Briar Songs (2007)

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Starfish at Pescadero (2007)

song cycle for soprano, viola, harp, and percussion texts: Idris Anderson

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song cycle for tenor or soprano and piano texts: Mark Statman

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song cycle for soprano or tenor and harp (or piano) texts: Kenneth Koch

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To a Western Boy (2009)

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Without a Philosophy (2013) song for soprano, violin, and harp texts: Elizabeth Seydel Morgan

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