Today I present my original composition, DIRGE. I completed this song in 2019 and scored it for soprano and guitar. Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:
This song for soprano voice and guitar is another of my atonal efforts. A setting of one of my father’s poems, I try to do justice to the ideas and sentiments expressed in these haunting words through use of totally unrelated harmonic progression. Notice that although the guitar and voice are not bound in harmony, they do share theme and motive.
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DIRGE, Copyright©2019 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde. All rights reserved
Today I present my original composition, APPLESEED JOHN. I completed this piece in 2001 and scored it for French horn (John), piano, string quartet, harmonica, banjo, steel-string acoustic guitar, and full choir. Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:
Appleseed John is another of my secular cantatas. Again set to my father’s words, this piece tells the story of John Chapman “Johnny Appleseed”; an American folk hero from the early 19th century. This highly condensed tale seeks to illuminate some of John’s most enduring qualities. Musically, I strove for a rather quaint “American” sound that would be in keeping with the man, his time, and place.
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Today I present my original composition, WE ARE THE WAY. I completed this piece in 2018 and scored it for orchestra and choir. Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:
Our gift to all who struggle for justice! WE ARE THE WAY was designed to be a march for freedom from tyranny; a song of solidarity in the face of universally increasing iniquity. This work is scored for full orchestra and choir with the addition of two snare drums. May this piece help bring victory over evil! Remember, the power is OURS!
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WE ARE THE WAY, Copyright©2018 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde. All rights reserved
