Hal Leonard Bell Tower and Other Art Songs - Stitt - Piano/Vocal/Guitar - Book/Media Online Bell Tower and Other Art Songs - Stitt - Piano/Vocal/Guitar - Book/Media Online

Composer: Georgia Stitt
Format: Book/Media Online
Instrumentation: Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Discover a compelling new addition to the modern art song repertoire. Bell Tower and Other Art Songs brings together 35 beautifully crafted works by acclaimed composer and lyricist Georgia Stitt, setting texts by celebrated poets including Edna St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, William Shakespeare, William Blake, and Derek Walcott.

Spanning a rich range of emotions and styles, these songs offer rewarding repertoire for advanced voice students, emerging professionals, and seasoned recital performers alike. Highlights include the poignant "Love After Love," the powerful "Bloody Men," the evocative title song "Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower," and selections from Stitt's acclaimed Alphabet City Cycle.

Georgia Stitt is an award-winning composer, lyricist, music producer, and pianist whose work spans Broadway, concert music, film, television, and choral repertoire. Her songs are celebrated for their expressive melodies, sophisticated storytelling, and deep emotional resonance.

An invaluable resource for singers and vocal instructors seeking contemporary art songs, this collection also includes access to downloadable PDF solo instrument parts for Alphabet City Cycle and "The Trumpet," making performance preparation even more flexible and accessible.

Expand your recital repertoire with one of today's most distinctive voices in American song.

Contents:

• Alan's Dead
• Almost Everything I Need (The Divorcee On Avenue C)
• Blanket In July (The Jilted Actress In Tompkins Square Park)
• Bloody Men
• Brief Passage
• Central Park At Dusk
• Communication
• Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
• Exterminator
• From Halcyon Hall
• The Heart Of A Woman
• Hold Fast Your Dreams
• Hutchinson Sonnet
• I Hardly Remember (The Widow On Avenue D)
• Let This Darkness Be A Bell Tower
• London
• Love After Love
• Masked Behavior
• Permissive Society
• Re-Creation
• Small Talk
• Sonnet 29
• Sunday Light (The Lover On Avenue A)
• Tectonic Plates
• That Look
• These Two
• The True Nature Of Evil
• The Trumpet
• A Very Short Song
• The Wanting Of You (The Student On Avenue B)
• The Water Is Wide
• What Horror To Awake At Night
• What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
• When I Am Dead
• Why I Avoid Eye Contact