Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?

Composed by Z. Randall Stroope
Voicing: SATB
Instrumentation: piano
Catalog number: AMP 0454
Price: $2.00

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER'S DAY?

This piece is the fourth movement of a solo vocal set titled Love's Waning Seasons for medium voice and piano. This is the only movement of the solo set which has been alternatively scored for chorus. The text is from William Shakespeare's (1564‐1616) Sonnet XVIII, one of 25 sonnets written between 1591 and 1594. Few verses of poetry express so profoundly and eloquently the intense love between two people.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Z. Randall Stroope
is an American composer and conductor www.zrstroope.com. His compositions are frequently heard on internet media, television broadcasts, and NPR radio, as well as on programs of esteemed ensembles throughout the world. Randall has composed over 150 works, having studied with Cecil Effinger and Normand Lockwood ‐ both students of the famous French teacher, Nadia Boulanger. He is the Artistic Director of two summer music festivals in Europe, has conducted at Carnegie Hall (New York) every year since 2001, and is a university professor. (See www.zrstroope.com for a complete biography and list of works.)

recording performed by Canticum Novum
Z. Randall Stroope, conductor

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