Music Compositions
of Michael A. Kimbell		 Vocal Music
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Chamber Music
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 Alleluia (1994)
for professional 8-part a cappella choir (SSAATTBB)

Three separate versions use the same dramatic, very contrapuntal, modal/chromatic music:

1) “Alleluia” text
2) Carmen paschal (Easter hymn) by Sedulius Scotus (in Latin)
3) Ricercar for brass octet. (See and hear an excerpt)

(Download entitles you to make copies for one ensemble or choir)
PDF download $20.00 includes
both choral versions 1 & 2
Emigrant Songs (1998)
For soprano or baritone, and piano

Three 19th century American songs with new piano accompaniments:

1) The Spinning Wheel (traditional, reworked into a dramatic art song)
(See and hear an excerpt)
2) America , Commerce and Freedom (sailor’s song by Alexander Reinagle
3) Do They Think of Me at Home (Charles W. Glover & J.E. Carpenter)
Score, two copies for $20.00
PDF download $10.00
Bound score $20.00
PDF download $10.00
Kritik des Herzens (The Heart's Critique) (2003)
For tenor and piano
10 min

Six Lieder, German poems by Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908), optional English singing translations by Edith & Michael Kimbell. See version for tenor and chamber orchestra for description.

1) Es sitzt ein Vogel auf dem Leim (See and hear an excerpt)
2) Seid mir nur nicht gar so traurig (See and hear an excerpt)
3) Es flog einmal ein muntres Fliegel (See and hear an excerpt)
4) Ferne Berge seh’ ich glühen
5) Sie war ein Blümlein hübsch und fein
6) O du, die mir die Liebste war
Bound score $25.00
PDF download $12.50
Of Birds and Beasts (1979)
for 2-part treble chorus (SA) or 2 soloists and piano

1) The Owl (text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson) (See and hear an excerpt)
2) The Little Forest Bird (Transylvanian folk song)
3) The Two Rats (anonymous poem)
4) Song of the Whales (Albanian folk melody)
5) The Cuckoo (Austrian folk song)

Winner of the 1979 Music Teachers Assn. of California “Composers Today” Competition.

(Download entitles you to make copies for one ensemble or choir)
Score, 2 copies for $20.00
PDF download $10.00
Three Lieder (1969)
For soprano or baritone and piano 

1) Auf eine Lampe (Eduard Mörike)
2) Abendständchen (Clemens Brentano)
3) Mondnacht (Josef von Eichendorff)
Score, 2 copies for $20.00
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Three Sonnets from the Portuguese(1966)
For soprano and piano

Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1) When our two souls stand up erect and strong
2) I lived with visions for my company
3) Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers
Copyright © Michael & Edith Kimbell 2006. All rights reserved
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