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Norman Mathews
Norman Mathews’ Rossetti Songs, to Christina Rossetti poetry for mezzo-soprano, piano, flute, and cello, was recorded by Navona Records (NV5827). His art songs have been performed at the Kennedy Center. Ye Are Many—They Are Few, Cantata for a Just World, for four singers and piano, received a Puffin Foundation grant and was premiered at The...
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Fancy
This simple, but spirited setting should be within the command of most singers and pianists.
voice, piano
“Fancy” is taken from Act III, Scene II of The Merchant of Venice. This extremely simple, but spirited setting should be within the command of most singers and pianists.
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Tell me, where, is fancy bred,
Or in the heart, or in the head?
How begot, how nourishèd?
Reply, reply.
It is engender’d in the eyes,
With grazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies:
Let us all ring fancy’s knell;
I’ll begin it,—Ding, dong, bell,
Ding, dong, bell.
– William Shakespeare
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