SONGS for DEVELOPING VOICES
(Volume II)
1. Dilemma
2. Beauty that is never old
3. The Riddle Song
(medium high voice)
Kurt Knecht
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My friend, Dr. Sarah Farr, got in touch with me in the Summer of 2022 to discuss writing some songs for developing voices. This set represents the second volume of what we hope to be an ongoing project. “Dilemma” sets a text by David Budbill that is very funny. The setting should be used freely with the singers sense of comedic timing. “Beauty that is never old” is a James Weldon Johnson poem about love in the midst of life’s struggles. “The Riddle Song” is an American folk song which has been given a new harmonization Each volume is available in medium high and medium low voicing. The work was made possible by a generous grant from the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges doing business as Wayne State College.
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David Budhill
Majestic = 80 accel. 2 2 rit. 4 3 I want to be 4 a tempo fa mous. 3 3 3 3 3 3Dilemma kurt knecht ©2023 Kurt Knecht www.kurtknecht.com
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7 3 I want to be 7 fa mous. I want to be 11 fa mous 11 so I can be hum ble a bout be ing fa mous - - - - 16 16 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 Dilemma This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
19 19 What Maudlin good is my hu 26 mi li 26 ty? What good is my hu mi li ty? What - - - - 33 good is my hu 33 mi li ty when I am stuck in this ob scu ri - - - - -3 Dilemma This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
39 ty? 39 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 I want to be 41 fa mous, fa mous, 41 accel. fa mous, fa mous, fa mous! rit. 3 I want to be - - - - 45 fa 45 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 mous! - - - - - 4 Dilemma This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
James Weldon Johnson
Beauty That is Never Old kurt
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©2023 Kurt Knecht www.kurtknecht.com for voice and
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Beauty That is Never Old
10 beat en by life's 10 3 3 3 3 storms, When 3 3 3 3 by the bit ter 3 3 3 3 - 13 cares of life op 13 3 3 3 3 pressed, 3 3 3 3 I 3 3 3 3 16 want no sur er 16 3 3 3 3 ha ven than your 3 3 3 3 rit. arms, I 3 3 3 3 a tempo -2
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Beauty That is Never Old
19 want no sweet er 19 3 3 3 3 heav en than your 3 3 3 3 rit. breast. 3 3 3 3 a tempo - 22 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 25 25 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 When 3 3 rit. 3
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Beauty That is Never Old
29 ov er my life's 29 3 3 3 3 a tempo way there falls the 3 3 3 3 blight Of 3 3 3 3 32 sun less days, and 32 3 3 3 3 nights of star less 3 3 3 3 skies; 3 3 3 3 - 35 E 35 3 3 3 3 nough for me, the 3 3 3 3 calm and stead fast 3 3 3 3 rit. -4
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Beauty That is Never Old
38 light That 38 3 3 3 3 a tempo soft ly shines with 3 3 3 3 in your lov ing 3 3 3 3 rit. - - 41 eyes. 41 3 3 3 3 a tempo 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 44 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5
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Beauty That is Never Old
47 47 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 The 3 3 rit. 50 world, for me, and 50 3 3 3 3 a tempo all the world can 3 3 3 3 hold Is 3 3 3 3 53 cir cled by your 53 3 3 3 3 arms; for me there 3 3 3 3 lies, 3 3 3 3 6
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56 With 56 3 3 3 3 in the lights and 3 3 3 3 shad ows of your 3 3 3 3 rit. - 59 eyes, The 59 3 3 3 3 a tempo on ly beau ty, 3 3 3 3 The 3 3 3 3 - 62 on ly beau ty 62 3 3 3 3 rit. that is nev er old. 3 3 3 3 a tempo - -7
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Beauty That is Never Old
65 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 rit. 8
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Beauty That is Never Old
The Riddle Song
Flowing = 80 poco rit. I a tempo 5 gave my love a cher ry with 5 out a stone. I gave my love a chick en that has no bone. I - - 9 gave my love a ring that 9 has no end. I gave my love a ba by with no cry in' - -
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13 13 How poco rit. 17 can there be a cher ry with 17 a tempo out a stone? How can there be a chick en with out
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- - - 21 can there be a ring that 21 has no end? How can there be a ba by with no cry in'? -2 The Riddle Song This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
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25 25 poco rit. A a tempo 30 cher ry, when it's bloom ing, it 30 has no stone. A chick en, when it's pip ping, it - - 33 has no bone. A 33 ring, when it's roll ing it has no end. A 3
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The Riddle Song
37 ba by, when it's sleep ing, has 37 no cry in'. - - 4
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The Riddle Song
