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― includes links to scores and recordings ―
[Pieces where no publisher is indicated are available from
the composer.]
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2022 Flying Solo (solo clarinet) (1')
for Kristen Mather de Andrade 15 Minutes of Fame
[ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2022 Affirmation (solo 'cello) (1')
for František Brikcius 15 Minutes of Fame [ACA]
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2021 In a Pickle (solo piccolo) (2') [ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2021 Soliloquy (solo 'cello) (2') [ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2021 Soliloquy (solo
viola) (2') [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2021 Impulsive Ornaments (solo clarinet)
(1'45") [ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2021 Organic Ingredients (pipe
organ)
(2'20") [ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2020 A Dozen Simple Whimsies (piano solo)
(12'15") [ACA]
(synthesized recording)
(performance
of I, III, and XI by Alan Mallach)
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2009
Coming in Thirds (piano solo) (4') Renée B. Fisher commission [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2009 Selah (percussion solo: vibraphone, glockenspiel, crotales) (6') [ACA]
(performance by Joseph Van Hassel) |
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2007 Etude with 'tude (piano solo) (4') [ACA]
(recording by Peter Vinograde) |
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2005 Just Keyboard Respect (piano solo) (4'15") [ACA]
(recording by Peter Vinograde) |
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2005 Randabout (one flutist switching among bass flute, alto flute, flute, and piccolo, mixing live and recorded performances) (15') commissioned by the Geraldine R. Dodge/American Music Center Live Music for Dance for Randy James Dance Works and Bart Feller |
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2004
Twilight Reverie (piano solo) (5') [ACA]
(recording by Peter Vinograde) |
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2004 S'lichah (organ solo) (2'50") [Zimbel Press]
(synthesized recording) |
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2001 Quick Study (piano solo) (1’15”) [ACA]
(recording by Peter Vinograde) |
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2001 Here to Sing! (organ solo) (2')
(synthesized recording) |
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1998 Tart Stylings (solo alto saxophone
or bass clarinet) (6’40”) [ACA] |
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1996
On the Edges (piano solo) (9’30”) [ACA] recorded by Peter Vinograde on
Phoenix USA PHCD 149 |
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1991 Piano Sonata (25’45”) Moderato con sforzare (9’15”) Sostenuto (6’) Desto (2’) Rubato; Energico (8’30”) |
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1983 Keepsake (flute or saxophone alone) (3’45”) [ACA]
(recording by Bart Feller) |
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1980 Homonyms (piano solo) (1'15") [ACA] (recording by Peter Vinograde)
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1975 Ascensus Detrahendus (piano solo) (12') [ACA]
(recording by Anita Cervantes) |
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1972 Episodes (organ solo) (15') [ACA] |
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1971 Paraphrases (flute alone) recorded by James Winn on CRI SD 342 (re-released as New World NWCRL342)
(4'30") [ACA]
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1970 Retrogressive Study (piano solo) (2') [ACA]
(recording by Anita Cervantes) |
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1970 Focus: Magnifications for Solo 'Cello
(5'30") [ACA] |
[Pieces where no publisher is indicated are available from
the composer.]
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2024 Trio Con Brio (clarinet trio: Eb
clarinet, Bb clarinet,
bass clarinet) (5')
(synthesized recording) |
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2024 Mindsets (reed quintet) (10')
(synthesized recording) |
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2024 Lament ('cello and piano)
(5'20")
(synthesized recording) |
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2023 Declarations (double
trombone quartet) (6'10")
(synthesized recording) |
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2023 Four Play (saxophone
quartet: SATBar) (1') [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2023 Short Circuits (flute,
violin, cello, piano) (3'45") [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2022 Watchwords (baritone and
piano; words by Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
(7'30") [ACA]
(performance by Gabriel Saks and Alan Mallach) |
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2022
String Trio (violin, viola,
cello)
(10'30") [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2022
Four Miniatures: a suite for brass trio (Bb trumpet, F horn, trombone)
(6'30") [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2022
Sonatromba (Bb trumpet and
piano) (9')
[ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2022
Accrual Basses (double bass
quartet) (6'20")
[ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2021 Short Suite for String
Quintet
(2 violins, viola, 'cello, double bass) (9'30")
[ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2021
Imagined Memories (violin, viola, cello, piano) (16'30")
[ACA]
Echoes of a Forgotten Lullaby (8')
(synthesized recording) Reliving a Lively Afternoon (8'30")
(synthesized recording) |
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2021
Mankind Rises (baritone and
piano trio: violin, cello, and piano; text by
Franklin Delano Roosevelt) (4'20")
[ACA]
(performance by
Andrew White, baritone, and the Frahm Lewis
Piano Trio) |
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2021
All In (wind quintet) (4')
[ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2021 Four Hand Fantasia
(piano four hands) (7'30") [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2020 Bonafide Ensemble
(trombone quartet) (10'30")
[ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2019 Sonatina (recorder
consort: SATB) (3'30")
[ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2017 Fanfare and Variations
(brass septet: 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones,
tuba) (6')
[ACA]
(perusal score)
(synthesized recording) |
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2017 Close Reeding (reed
quintet) (5'30")
[ACA]
(perusal score)
(synthesized recording) |
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2016 Time Shares (mini-concerto for 3 solo
French horns and 1 or 2 horn quartets) (8'15") [ACA]
(perusal score, 11 horns)
(synthesized recording) [ACA]
(perusal score, 7 horns) |
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2015
Flute Fetish (flute choir) (7'30") [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2015 Off the Wall (flute; bass
trombone, bassoon, or bass clarinet; 5 wood blocks (or any
semi-pitched uniform wood percussion) (3') [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2014
Feeling No Pain (clarinet
quartet) (6'50") [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2012 Touching Bass (string bass
and piano) (5'45") [ACA]
(performance
by Jack Hill and John Kamitsuka) |
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2011 Fair Winds
(wind quintet) (9') [ACA]
(synthesized recording) Flourish (3'15") Fanfare (2'15") Divertimento (3'30") |
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2010 Recollections (trombone quintet) (5'40") [ACA]
(perusal score)
(synthesized recording) |
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2009 Fanfare for an Uncommon Time (2 Bb trumpets, 4 F horns, trombone, bass trombone/tuba, bass drum) (ca. 3') [ACA]
(perusal score)
(synthesized recording) |
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2009 Time Shares (mini-concerto for 3 solo trumpets and 1 or 2 trumpet quartets) (8'15") [ACA]
(perusal score)
(synthesized recording) |
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2008 Recollections (trumpet quintet) (5'40") commissioned by Tromba Mundi [ACA]
(perusal score)
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2007 By Way of Introduction (brass quintet) (45")
[Imagine Music]
(synthesized recording) |
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2007 Seven Minutes for Seven Players (percussion ensemble) (7') [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2006 String Quartet [on MSR Classics MS 1223] [ACA] I. Sonata (9') (Nevsky String Quartet) II. In memoriam September 11, 2001 (7') (Nevsky String Quartet) III. Scherzoid (4'45")
(Momenta) IV. Small Fugue (9'15") (Momenta) |
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2005 Stellar Mettle (brass quintet) (9') [ACA] commissioned by The Lone Star Brass
(perusal score)
(synthesized recording) Flourish (3'15") Fanfare (2'15") Divertimento (3'30") |
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2004 Four Pieces After Rooseveltians for the Roosevelt Arts Project (saxophone quartet SATBar) (18’45”) [ACA]
(performance by the NJ Saxophone Quartet) Caprice (in memoriam Sol Libsohn) (5’45”) Intermezzo (in memoriam Judy Trachtenberg) (4’30”) Bagatelle (in memoriam Ed Schlinski) (2’45”) Finale (in memoriam Bernarda Shahn) (5’45”) |
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2004 Assunpink Twilight (small wind ensemble: picc., 2 fl., 2 Bb cl., b. cl., a. sax., t. sax., Bb tpt., hn., tuba, chimes & triangle) (5') [ACA]
(synthesized recording) |
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2004 Triarchy (C trumpet, violin, percussion (3 toms, 5tbs, vibes, sus cym, tri)) (8'30") [ACA] |
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2004 Jersey Sure (saxophone quartet SATBar) (4'30") for the NJ Saxophone Quartet [ACA]
(recording by the NJ Saxophone Quartet) |
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2003 Renewal (trumpet and pipe organ) (5') [ACA]
(performance by Jean-Christophe Dobrzelewski (trumpet) and Guy
Whatley (pipe organ)) |
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2002 The Tale of the Scale (flute, clarinet/alto saxophone, bass trombone, percussion) (ca. 5’30”) [written for Tales and Scales]
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2002 Two Emily Dickinson Settings (flute, clarinet or alto saxophone, bass trombone, vibraphone and triangle; English texts spoken by the instrumentalists) [written for Tales and Scales] (ca. 7’) [ACA]
(performance by Tales and Scales) I’ll Tell You How the Sun Rose (4’) To Make a Prairie (3’) |
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2001
Menagerie (flute, soprano and piano; French texts by Robert Desnos*) (ca. 13’) [ACA]
(recordings by Mary Ellen Callahan, Zara Lawler, and Margaret
Kampmeier) L’Hippocampe [The Sea Horse] (1’45”) Le Léopard [The Leopard] (2’30”) Le Zèbre [The Zebra] (1’35”) La Sauterelle [The Grasshopper] (45”) Le Ver Luisant [The Glowworm] (3’45”) La Fourmi [The Ant] (2’) *La Fourmi, La Sauterelle, Le Léopard, L’Hippocampe, Le Zèbre, and Le Ver luisant from Chantefables et Chantefleurs by Robert Desnos, ©Editions Gründ, Paris; used with permission. |
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1999 Festive Fanfare (brass quintet) (2’) [Ludwig Music]
(recording by the Chicago Brass Quintet) |
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1994 Two Hannah Senesh Songs (soprano & piano; English) (4’45”) Now (2’15”) Harvest (2’30”) |
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1993 Quintifications (brass quintet) (4’15”)
[ACA]
(perusal score)
(performance by the Westchester Brass Quintet) |
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1970 Twilight Songs (flute and soprano; text by Peter Boffey) (5') [ACA] |
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1968 Two Short Duets
(clarinet and 'cello) (3') [ACA]
(performance by Chester Brezniak and Luis Garcia-Renart) |
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1968 Reunion (flute duet) (8') [ACA]
(recording by Erich Graf and Jelle Attema) |
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1964 Two Short Duets for Two Flutes (3')
[Imagine Music]
(recording by Erich Graf and Jelle Attema) |
[Pieces where no publisher is indicated are available from
the composer.]
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2022
Sinfonietta (chamber
orchestra: wind quintet (fl, ob,
cl, bn, hn) and strings) (9'30")
[ACA] Finalist,
2022 Lowell Chamber Orchestra
Call for Scores (synthesized recording)
I. Dialog
II. Dirge
III. Dance
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2021
Symphony (wind
ensemble/symphonic band) (21')
[ACA]
(synthesized recording) I. Upbeat
II. Reflective
III. Playful
IV. Jubilant
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2021 Short Suite for Strings
(string orchestra) (9'30")
[ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2021 Excursions
(Picc, Fl, Ob, Eh, Cl, B Cl, Bn, Cbn, 4231, Timp, 3 Perc., Strings) (12')
[ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2020 A Housebound Overture
(wind ensemble) (6'45")
[ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2014 Civic
Celebration (orchestra:
3222/4331/4 timpani/4 perc./strings) (7') [ACA]
(synthesized recording)
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2009 Suite! (concert band) (ca. 9'30")
[ACA]
winner, first annual Hal Campbell Composition Competition, Southern Utah University
(synthesized recording) I. Flourish (3'30")
II. Fanfare (2'15")
III. Divertimento (3'30")
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2008 Cruzin' (alto saxophone and string orchestra) (ca. 13'30") [ACA]
(synthesized recording) I. Ostinato (4'20") II. Aria (4'15") III. Ritornello (4'15") |
[Most music SATB a cappella. Pieces where no publisher is indicated are available from
the composer.]
English Choral Compositions
Hebrew Choral Compositions
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Proverbs for Four at Fifty (texts from Mishle (Book of Proverbs)) (9’) (1998) Settings of four proverbs commemorating fiftieth birthdays. [ACA] Recorded live in concert by Volti San Francisco at All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto CA, 11/15/09 Oz V’Hadar L’Vushah [Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles confidently at the future.] (31:25) L’Khah Nirveh Dodim Ad HaBoker [Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with love.] (7:18) D’rakheyha Darkhey Noam [Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all of her paths are peace.] (3:17) Reyshit Khakhmah [The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom: therefore use all of your means to acquire understanding.] (4:7)
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Yiddish Choral Compositions
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[SATB a cappella for moderate (M) and advanced (A) levels]
Since I am not a native Yiddish speaker, I can identify with the audience that wants to make a connection to the music but doesn’t understand the words. In my arrangements, I try to illuminate the text by using English translations ― but only if and when they contribute to the flow of the song ― and by employing musical means that support the structure of the poetry and the meaning of the lyric to convey a sense of the text even to people who don’t speak Yiddish. Many of these arrangements are published by Carl Fischer [CF],
Transcontinental Music [TM], or
ECS Publishing [ECS].
Unless otherwise noted, the recordings are by the Goldene Keyt Singers.
Autumn
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Harbstlid [Autumn Song] (M) (Words and Music by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, arr. Mark Zuckerman
(1999)) Yiddish (3’20”) [ECS] A reflective arrangement of a song by one of today’s most active and prestigious Yiddish poets.
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Chanukah
Purim
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Urim-burim (A) (I. Kaminski/Mikhl Gelbart, arr. Mark Zuckerman
(1996)) Yiddish (2’) A spirited arrangement of a joyous song.
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Passover
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Zog, Maran [Tell Me, Marrano] (M) (Avrom Reisen/Shmuel Bugatch, arr. Mark Zuckerman
(1998)) Yiddish & English (2’) [ECS] A courageous story of how the festival of freedom was celebrated in a time of oppression. Written for Judith Clurman to be performed at her Passover concert at the Ninety-Second Street Y.
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Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance)
Independence Day
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Amerike di prekhtike [America the Beautiful] (M) (Katherine Lee Bates/Samuel Ward (after Materna), Yiddish: Berl Lapin, arr. Mark Zuckerman
(1996)) English & Yiddish (2’) A rousing arrangement of the patriotic standard, with the first verse in English and in Yiddish translation celebrating the Jewish immigrants’ devotion for their new land of freedom. First performed at Lincoln Center, this arrangement was chosen to end the Town Hall commemoration of the Jewish Forward’s centenary.
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Courtship
Anniversaries
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Akhtsik er un zibitsik zi [Eighty He and Seventy She] (M) (M. M. Warshawsky, arr. Mark Zuckerman
(1994)) Yiddish (1’50”) [ECS] A song about a fiftieth anniversary celebration of a contented marriage.
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Twilight
Labor Songs
Second Avenue
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Dona, dona (A) (Aaron Zeitlin/Sholom Secunda, arr. Mark Zuckerman
(1996)) Yiddish & English (3’15”); Yiddish only (2’15”) The ironic, philosophic song, known as a folksong all over the world, in the original Yiddish.
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