singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
A charm against the toothache for three tenors
SM-000221280
- Composer
- David W Solomons
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Lyricist
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John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Classical / Contemporary
- Instrumentation
- Tenor, Voice
- Scored for
- Trio
- Type of score
- Vocal score
- Duration
- 4'0"
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Year of composition
- 2015
Description
Sardonic darkly humorous setting of the poem by John Heath-Stubbs,
permitted in accordance with the contract with David Higham Co Ltd, the holder of the rights of the estate of John Heath-Stubbs.
I set this poem for three equal voices.
The harmonies are quite close and scrunchy; they represent the throbbing of the toothache in question and the mental effect of it.
The sound sample is performed by me.
A video of the performance (3 altos), with the words on screen can be found on youtube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRecp1wRZzI
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The original version for three altos is also available on this site