{"id":5960,"date":"2024-02-09T16:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T21:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:35:37","slug":"karim-al-zand-music-four-not-so-serious-songs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960","title":{"rendered":"Karim Al-Zand: Music: Four Not So Serious Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four Not So Serious Songs<\/h2>\n

four songs for baritone & piano<\/h4>\n

F<\/span>our Not So Serious Songs comprise light-hearted settings of two poems by Robert Graves (1895\u20131985) and two by me.

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Robert Graves<\/p><\/div> In This Song is Going to End<\/i> our poor singer faces a looming existential crisis. An intemperate child protests his lot in Careers<\/i>, a song which takes the form of a school-yard taunt. The nested structure of Warning to Children<\/i> makes it a perfect poem for a patter song, its tripping rhythms spiraling down the page. Finally, So You Say<\/i> is a gentle rebuke of melodramatic love songs, a parody of their romantic tropes.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

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purchase score & parts<\/span><\/h4> <\/span>Learn More<\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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DATE
\n2023<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

DURATION
\n9 minutes<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

INSTRUMENTATION
\nbaritone (B2\u2013G5*), piano<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

PREMI\u00c8RE
\nMark Diamond, baritone; Michael Clark, piano<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

SONGS
\n1. This Song is Going to End (Al-Zand)
\n2. Careers (Graves)
\n3. Warning to Children (Graves)
\n4. So You Say (Al-Zand)<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

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SCORE
\nPDF<\/a><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

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AUDIO<\/p>\n

Mark Diamond, baritone | Michael Clark, piano<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/div><\/div><\/div>1. This Song is Going to End
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<\/div><\/div><\/div>2. Careers
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<\/div><\/div><\/div>3. Warning to Children
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<\/div><\/div><\/div>4. So You Say<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n
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