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Mountain Songs, A Ballad Cycle for High Voice and Piano (1976)
Unquiet Grave
The Old Man and the Devil
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
True Lovers Farewell
Birdie Went A-Courtin
Five Songs on Children’s Poems for High Voice and Piano (1972)
Commissioned by the Kentucky State Arts Commission
Colors (D. Hale)
Now (D. Robinson)
The Sky (T. Sears)
Dream (B. Tine)
I am a Shortelhonkerjiggerderakopus
(T. Burns)
Score/Parts: American Composer’s Alliance
Recorded in live performance by Luciana Cecille, soprano, with Daniel Lau, piano
Dear Companion for Soprano and Piano (1978)
Based on the text of the Appalachian folk song
Score/Parts: American Composer’s Alliance
Pretty Saro for Baritone and Piano (2013)
An arrangement of the Appalachian folk song
Please contact the composer for more information.
The Virgin Mary’s Lullaby for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Organ (1995)
Text by Phillip Rhodes
Score/Parts: American Composer’s Alliance
Wedding Song: A Blessing for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Organ (1990)
Text by Phillip Rhodes and Jane Rhodes
Score/Parts: American Composer’s Alliance
The Lament of Michal (1970)
for Soprano and Orchestra
Poem by Patricia V. Schneider
Part I. The Coming of David
Part II. The Death of Saul
Part III. The Curse
Score/Parts: Edition Peters (Wise Music)
Vinyl: Louisville First Edition Records (LS-704)
Recorded in live performance by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano,
with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw, conductor.
Also recorded by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano,
and the Louisville Orchestra
Jorge Mester, conductor
Louisville First Edition Records: LS-704
Three Scenes for Voice and Piano (1965)
Bright Night (Dehmel)
The Fence (Morgenstern)
Crows (Piontek)
Edith Davis Tidwell, Soprano
Score/Parts: American Composer’s Alliance
Recorded in live performance by Lorraine Gorrell, mezzo sop. with Jane Rhodes, piano
Shakespeare in Song for High Voice, Clarinet, and Piano (2001)
Prologue (Recitative)
Orpheus
Take Those Lips Away
Come Away Death
Fie on Sinful Fantasy!
Score/Parts: American Composer’s Alliance
CD: Clarinet In Song (CRC3030)
Recorded by Edith Davis Tidwell, soprano; Dallas Tidwell, clarinet and David George, piano
Autumn Setting for Soprano and String Quartet (1969)
I. Autumn Fragments
II. Prophecy
III. Remembrance / Reality
Poetry by Patricia V. Schneider
Full Score and Set of Parts: Available Here
Phillip Rhodes: Memory, Art, Time, and Form CD (CRI-758)
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Recorded by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano,
with the Speculum Musicae Quartet
The Face I Carry with Me for Soprano, Flute, Viola, Cello, Piano (1982/rev 1985)
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Commissioned by the Chicago Ensemble
Excerpt
The months have ends, the years a knot
Score/Parts: American Composer’s Alliance
Recorded in live performance by Margaret Brand, soprano with the
Carleton Contemporary Ensemble, William Wells, conductor
Visions of Remembrance for Two Sopranos and Twelve Instruments (1979)
I. Flashback
II. Grown-Up Relatives
III. My Grandmother’s Letters
IV. Piano and Epilogue
Score/Parts: Edition Peters (Wise Music)
Phillip Rhodes: Memory, Art, Time, and Form CD (CRI-758)
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Recorded by C. Wilson, L. Manz, Carleton
Contemporary Ensemble, William Wells, conductor
Lyrics: Worth; A.J. Rhodes; Crane; Lawrence