Before you move this to the Vocal/Choral section, let me explain the reasons I put it here:
1- The organ is replacing the awful baritone syntethyzer.
2- The bassoon doubles the voice almost constantly.
If these are not enough reasons, feel free to move it to the Vocal/Choral section. ^^
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FINALLY! After 4 days of work, the latest song in my song cycle, for baritone and orchestra, is complete.
This is almost operatic, as in it is separated between sung and recitativo parts.
The poem is by M_is_D, it suffered very slight modifications:
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Sung:
Let the masses come
Let them invade my thoughts
Make them realize the truth
Let me show them the light
And reveal my path
To human comprehension
I tell you, multitudes
Pick up your weapons
And strike the scum who talk about love
Butterflies and castles in the air
Strike the laughs off their faces
Replace them with screams of pain
Pain of the body and pain of the heart
Recitativo:
Yes! Yes! You deserve it!
The world will know
How it is like to be me!
By my hand, I will make justice
Even if only within my dream
Sung:
Do I long for art, for music
Or for achievements of great beauty?
No! My greatest wish
Is to be known
Not as a showstopper
But a heart stopper!
The world will feel – for I demand it
The acid spasms of suffering I so well know
And let the screaming women
And let the crying children come
Let them!
Let them!
Let the mis'rable beasts fall while I watch, delighted
Recitativo:
The taunting demon of hope will die under me!
Longings of sunny days and the embrace of lovers
Are Earth’s greatest Satan!
Why, you ask? They are pitiful thoughts
Which arise from fools and only fools affect
And fools must either learn or die
And quite sadly for them
Fools can never learn
Sung:
Let me show them the light
And reveal my path
To human comprehension
I know all the inferiors will gather
To curse and insult me
Beware, beware, beware!
The sadistic flame you light
Might be too strong for my control
And when it sets free
Revenge will be sweeter than sugar
And bloodier than war
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You can find the original poem here, it's the one called Cry To The Multitudes (duh
)
http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/...html#post90106
Here's the
mp3. <-------- UPDATED: GPO
Tell me what you think!