Rodríguez THE FOOD OF LOVE

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Robert Xavier RodrĂ­guez

THE FOOD OF LOVE for Violinist-Actor and Piano (or Violin, Actor, and Piano)

Text by William Shakespeare

Commissioned for the Aeolian Chamber Players

by Harold Newman

duration: ca. 13 minutes

G. Schirmer, Inc.

dedicated to Lewis Kaplan

THE FOOD OF LOVE I. Will’t Please You to Taste of What is Here?

(The Tempest, III, 3)

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Copyright © 2004 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP), New York, NY International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.

Warning: Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.

corrected 8-2004

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