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Dale Trumbore

Dale Trumbore is a Los Angeles-based composer and writer whose music has been praised by The New York Times for its “soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies.” Her music has been widely performed in the U.S. and internationally by ensembles including the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Pasadena Symphony, The Singers...

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Love is a Sickness (SSA)

Name: Love is a Sickness (SSA)
SKU: DT0030
Availability: InStock

Dale Trumbore

A fun, jazzy spin on love’s woes.

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3-5 min.

DT0030

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Love is a Sickness

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SSA a cappella

This breezy piece takes nonsense words already in the text and adds jazz-infused scat syllables, creating a swinging accompaniment to the lovelorn melody. While “Love is a Sickness” can be programmed year-round, it’s the perfect palate-cleanser for any Valentine’s Day program.

This piece was a 2006 winner of the Chanticleer Student Composer Competition.

Text

Love is a sickness full of woes,
All remedies refusing;
A plant that with most cutting grows,
Most barren with best using.
Why so?
More we enjoy it, more it dies;
If not enjoyed, it sighing cries,
Heigh ho!

Love is a torment of the mind,
A tempest everlasting;
And Jove hath made it of a kind
Not well, not full, nor fasting.
Why so?
More we enjoy it, more it dies;
If not enjoyed, it sighing cries,
Heigh ho!

— Samuel Daniel

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