I'm a person too

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Song TitleI'm a person too (Search)
Composer(s):Leonard Bernstein
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+; Jewish (Search)
Author(s):Leonard Bernstein
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+; 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 LineI just found out today that I'm a person too, like you (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1942 - 1943 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/im-a-person-too/
Larger WorkI Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Songs (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Leonard-Bernstein-I-Hate-Music-high-voice-piano-High-Voice-Piano/2064385
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5U9aQmMdRnxPkZWhry7ap3?si=o35bHRcoQ3KmhPUZhfJGHA
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 5 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: C4 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
Dedicated ToEdys Merril (Search)
Premiered ByJennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano; Leonard Bernstein, piano; August 24, 1943, Public Library, Lenox Massachussetts (Search)
NotesAlso 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 SourceBoosey and Hawkes, "Leonard Bernstein, I Hate Music!” (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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