Song Title | I'm a person too (Search)
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Composer(s): | Leonard Bernstein |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+; Jewish (Search) |
Author(s): | Leonard Bernstein |
Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+; Jewish (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Balloons; Children; Children's Song; Composer is Poet; Cute; Equality; Horses; Humor; Movies; Old; People; Person; Questions; Recognizing; Red; Sky; Soft; Sweet; Ten; Thoughts; Treble Chorus; Universality; Warm; Wondering; Years; Young; Youth |
First Line | I just found out today that I'm a person too, like you (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
Year of composition |
1942 - 1943 (Search)
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Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/im-a-person-too/ |
Larger Work | I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Songs (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source |
https://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Leonard-Bernstein-I-Hate-Music-high-voice-piano-High-Voice-Piano/2064385
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Audio Source |
https://open.spotify.com/track/5U9aQmMdRnxPkZWhry7ap3?si=o35bHRcoQ3KmhPUZhfJGHA
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Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 5 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | C4 - A5 (Search) |
Original Key | F Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Edys Merril (Search) |
Premiered By | Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano; Leonard Bernstein, piano; August 24, 1943, Public Library, Lenox Massachussetts (Search) |
Notes | Also available in low key. A note in the score from the composer: In the performance of these songs, coyness is to be assiduously avoided. The natural, unforced sweetness of child expressions can never be successfully gilded; rather will it come through the music in proportion to the dignity and sophisticated understanding of the singer. (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | Boosey and Hawkes, "Leonard Bernstein, I Hate Music!” (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search)
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