Keane Southard
Three Love Songs for
Voice and Piano
(2021) (Duration: c. 10 mins.)
Program notes: The first of these Three Love Songs was composed in March 2021 and is a setting of the poem “A Love Song” by American poet Theodosia Garrison from her 1917 book The Dreamers and Other Poems. My setting of “A Red, Red Rose” was composed almost entirely on Valentine’s Day 2021 and sets the famous poem by the 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns. And lastly, I composed “Again and Again” in 2016 which sets the poem “Immer Wieder” by Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke in my own translation from German. These songs are all dedicated to my love and wife Diane. Keane Southard 2021
Performance instructions: 1. Tenuto marks (-) over notes indicate more weight/stress on the note and does not indicate space to be placed in between that note and the next (unless the tenuto is combined with a staccato). 2. Unless otherwise indicated, the damper pedal (for the piano) should be used discreetly to allow for maximum clarity.
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For Diane
My Love It Should Be Silent Theodosia Garrison
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For Diane
A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns
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And I will luve
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my dear,
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For Diane
Again and Again
Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Keane Southard
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