OUP Women Composers Orchestral, Opera, Chamber, Instrumental and Choral Catalogue

Libby Larsen Beloved,

Libby Larsen Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers Mezzo-soprano and piano Vocal score 9780193863453 This group of six songs for mezzo-soprano, piano, and cello began with Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Liebeslied” and grew into a cycle of songs about mature love, music, nature, and flowers. The piece was commissioned by Hella Mears Hueg and presented to her husband Bill Hueg for his 70th birthday in 1994. Available from Banks Music Publications 21 minutes Love after 1950 Mezzo-soprano and piano Vocal score 9780193863453 This song cycle uses texts by women poets and focuses on women’s experience with great humour and irony. The cycle will appeal to singers with real interpretative flair and is accessible to advanced students. 15 minutes Margaret Songs Soprano and piano Vocal score 9780193861718 Margaret Songs are a collection of three songs of Margaret Elliot, a character in Libby Larsen’s opera Eric Hermannson’s Soul, based on a short story of Willa Cather. It charts one woman’s emotional journey through a love affair. 10 minutes Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Mezzo-soprano, trombone, and orchestra Hire scores and parts 9780193863316 Seven songs for mezzo-soprano, trombone, and orchestra with a set of fifteen colour slides of Cassatt’s paintings. 29 minutes Solo Voice My Ántonia Soprano and piano Vocal score 9780193867215 Larsen’s song cycle is based on the novel by the American writer, Willa Cather, and the songs recount Jim Burden’s memories of Ántonia Shimerda during their shared experiences of the pioneering period of European settlement in the American Midwest. 16 minutes Notes Slipped Under the Door Soprano, piano or flute, and chamber orchestra Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193866942 Hire vocal score 9780193866935 A piece that explores the delicate balance of parent-child love, with text by Eugenia Zukerman. Five notes slipped under a mother’s closed door are represented by five movements. 15 minutes Songs from Letters Soprano and piano or chamber orchestra Soprano and piano score 9780193859760 Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193866867 The texts are selected from the letters of Calamity Jane to her daughter Janey, from 1880-1902. The five songs present a stirring picture of an independent woman’s struggle to earn a living to support her child. 13 minutes Sonnets from the Portuguese Soprano and piano or chamber ensemble Vocal score 9780193859814 Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193859821 Based on poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese explores the finding of a mature love by a woman who wonders what part of her she must sacrifice to the lover and to the world. Larsen transforms the dialogue into a musical metaphor of resolved and unresolved harmonies. 20 minutes Me (Brenda Ueland) Soprano and piano Vocal score 9780193861558 A song cycle for soprano and piano drawn from Brenda Ueland’s 1938 autobiography. Although Ueland’s life was nothing out of the ordinary, the philosophy of her writing is to find the joy in everyday events and provides the motto: “Remember to live”. 37 minutes Try Me, Good King Soprano and piano Vocal score 9780193864184 Digital 9780193544468 Try Me, Good King is a group of five songs drawn from the final letters and gallows speeches of the six wives of King Henry VIII. The cycle is a psychologically intense monodrama that presents technical challenges to both performers. 15 minutes 36

Barnum’s Bird SATB soli, SSAATTBB ensemble, mixed chorus, and chamber ensemble Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193866065 Hire vocal scores 9780193371224 Vocal score* 9780193866058 Barnum’s Bird is a chamber opera in two acts with libretto by Bridget Carpenter and Libby Larsen. The opera explores the idea that art is on the one hand in service of humanity and in the other in service of commerce. The story focuses on Jenny Lind’s tour of America in 1850-51, which P.T. Barnum persuaded her to do and in turn created a merchandising phenomenon. Available from Banks Music Publications 90 minutes Opera Libby Larsen Dreaming Blue SSATB soloists, SATB, SSA children, rhythm chorus, drumming group, and chamber orchestra Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193866089 Hire vocal scores 9780193371200 Vocal score* 9780193866072 This is an opera in one act. The libretto is by Libby Larsen with text contributed by students of Mountain View Elementary School, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; ‘Red Soliloquy’ by John Ziegenhagen; and poetry by James A. Emanuel, Mary O’Neill, Hiawyn Oram. Dreaming Blue is the story of how a person (child) who feels lost and floating responds creatively to life in all its agony and splendour. Available from Banks Music Publications 60 minutes Eric’s Hermannson’s Soul 8 soloists, SATB quartet, chorus, dancer, and chamber orchestra Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193863910 Hire chorus scores 9780193863927 Hire SATB quartet vocal scores 9780193863934 Hire vocal scores 9780193863941 This is an opera in two acts with a libretto by Chas Rader-Schieber after Willa Cather. It tells the story of a young Norwegian farmer who, after converting to Free Gospellism, destroys his violin and vows to never again dance. After falling in love, his new values are challenged. The struggle to find a sense of self and importance of selfless love are central themes. 105 minutes 37