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Items by Mary Jane Leach

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Comment: Re: In Search of Varied SSATB Repertoire
If you could stretch to SSAATB, I have a couple of pieces, Song of Sorrows reworks phrases from Monteverdi and is published by Peters. Another, Ceremony of the Bull, adds a string quartet to that configuration. Both pieces involve all singers - i.e., no boring parts.   Here's a link to my cho...
Comment: Re: New Women's Group forming - REP?
I have a number of pieces of moderate to difficult level. Most are 8-part.   http://www.mjleach.com/compositions-choral.htm   If you are interested, I can send you a link with complete scores and sound files (where available). Three of the earlier pieces (Bruckstück, Green Mountain Madr...
Resource: Mary Jane Leach (New York, USA)
Comment: Re: Music for Woodwinds and Choir
Karin Rehnquist has written a beautiful piece for chorus and oboe.   Till Ängeln med de brinnande händerna (to the Angel with the fiery hands) (2000) for mixed choir and oboe.   Mary Jane Leach
Comment: Re: Works about Night
I have a short piece, Night Blossoms, that is based on a Japanese haiku. The score and recording are on this page:   www.mjleach.com/compositions-choral.htm   Mary Jane Leach
Comment: Re: Works by women composers from New England
Hi, I'm a native Vermonter, although I live 20 miles from Vermont now.   I've got quite a few choral pieces, not too many that are short, but here is a web page that has my choral pieces listed.   www.mjleach.com/compositions-choral-invite.htm   One of the pieces is about ten minutes for 8-part ...
Comment: Re: See it: Well-tempered vs. Pure
 John, I think you were unnecessarily harsh. The entry was clearly labeled "See it" - i.e. visual, and I for one found it fascinating, even if tied into a product. The whole point was that you can visually see the shapes of intervals in different tunings, so of course the purest tones were used to ...