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Piano/Vocal Score
Courtney Carey’s Love and Its Mysteries, Op. 10, is a four-song cycle setting poems by e. e. cummings. Moving between tenderness, wit, desire, and wonder, the work reflects the poet’s unconventional language through lyrical vocal writing, vivid harmonic color, and a richly expressive piano part.
The piano functions as an equal dramatic partner, shaping the emotional character of each song through passages of intimacy, rhythmic vitality, tension, and release. Written for accomplished performers, the cycle requires musical sensitivity, interpretive imagination, and close collaboration between singer and pianist.
The collection includes:
my love is building a building around you
o distinct lady of my unkempt adoration
yes is a pleasant country
somewhere i have never travelled
Piano/Vocal Score
Courtney Carey’s Love and Its Mysteries, Op. 10, is a four-song cycle setting poems by e. e. cummings. Moving between tenderness, wit, desire, and wonder, the work reflects the poet’s unconventional language through lyrical vocal writing, vivid harmonic color, and a richly expressive piano part.
The piano functions as an equal dramatic partner, shaping the emotional character of each song through passages of intimacy, rhythmic vitality, tension, and release. Written for accomplished performers, the cycle requires musical sensitivity, interpretive imagination, and close collaboration between singer and pianist.
The collection includes:
my love is building a building around you
o distinct lady of my unkempt adoration
yes is a pleasant country
somewhere i have never travelled
