Amor

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Song TitleAmor (Search)
Composer(s):William Bolcom
Author(s):Arnold Weinstein
Keyword(s) & Features: Alone; Amen; Attraction; Beautiful; Cabarets; Choirs; Churches; Complaining; Courts; Disturbing; Flirting; Hands; Humor; Ice Cream; Judges; Juries; Love; Multiple Languages; Needing; No; Peace; Philosophy; Police; Poor; Rich; Roaring; Shouting; Singing; Songs; Stories; Towns; Traffic; Whispering; Yes
First LineIt wasn't the policman's fault (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1977 - 1978 (Search)
Larger WorkCabaret Songs Volume 1 (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.jwpepper.com/Cabaret-Songs-Complete-/10073706.item#/submit
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3BKgPYx4fWtBatIRkDC9WZ
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationCabaret Songs Volume 1, no. 6 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: G#3 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyA Major (Search)
Premiered ByJoan Morris, mezzo-soprano & William Bolcom, piano; July 18, 1978 (Search)
NotesAlso available in high key (B Major) (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceEdward B. Marks Music (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceString quartet (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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