SONGS for DEVELOPING VOICES
(Volume II)
1. Dilemma
2. Beauty that is never old
3. The Riddle Song
(medium low 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
for voice and piano
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 - 15 a bout be ing fa mous 15 3 3 3 3 3 3 - -2 Dilemma This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
17 17 3 3 23 23 What Maudlin good is my hu mi li ty? What - - 29 good is my hu 29 mi li ty? What good is my hu mi li - - - - -3 Dilemma This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
35 ty when I am 35 stuck in this ob scu ri - - 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 - - - - 4 Dilemma This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
45 fa 45 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 mous! - - - - - 5 Dilemma This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
James Weldon Johnson
Beauty That is Never Old
for voice and piano
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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 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 28 When 28 3 3 rit. ov er my life's 3 3 3 3 a tempo way there falls the 3 3 3 3 3
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31 blight Of 31 3 3 3 3 sun less days, and 3 3 3 3 nights of star less 3 3 3 3 - 34 skies; 34 3 3 3 3 E 3 3 3 3 nough for me, the 3 3 3 3 37 calm and stead fast 37 3 3 3 3 rit. light That 3 3 3 3 a tempo soft ly shines with 3 3 3 3 - -4
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Beauty That is Never Old
40 in your lov ing 40 3 3 3 3 rit. eyes. 3 3 3 3 a tempo 3 3 3 3 43 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 46 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 49 The 49 3 3 rit. world, for me, and 3 3 3 3 a tempo all the world can 3 3 3 3 5
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Beauty That is Never Old
Beauty That is Never Old
52 hold Is 52 3 3 3 3 cir cled by your 3 3 3 3 arms; for me there 3 3 3 3 55 lies, 55 3 3 3 3 With 3 3 3 3 in the lights and 3 3 3 3 58 shad ows of your 58 3 3 3 3 rit. eyes, The 3 3 3 3 a tempo on ly beau ty, 3 3 3 3 - -6
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Beauty That is Never Old
61 The 61 3 3 3 3 on ly beau ty 3 3 3 3 rit. that is nev er - - 64 old. 64 3 3 3 3 a tempo 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 rit. 7
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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 a bone? How - - - 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.
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 The Riddle Song This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
37 ba by, when it's sleep ing, has 37 no cry in'. - - 4 The Riddle Song This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
