Art Songs

Still a Lion, Still a Lamb

M Ryan Taylor — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:07:14 +0000

This new song was written for a concert of sacred music I am preparing for the first Sunday in April 2009, a week before Easter, at the Alpine Tabernacle in American Fork. It is a setting of a poem that I wrote some years ago. I hope you enjoy it.

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All Heaven and it was One Hour Old

M Ryan Taylor — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:19:45 +0000

This cycle of 5 songs is based on the Christmas poetry of Katherine Tynan, an Irish catholic poet who was championed by W.B. Yeats.

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The Song of Wandering Aengus

M Ryan Taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:15:42 +0000

A song based on the poem by Yeats. We all have visions of ideals, and hope that if we just wander a little farther . . .

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A Light that Shames the Noonday Sun

M Ryan Taylor — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:14:40 +0000

This cycle of 5 songs was written for the 200th Birthday Celebration of Joseph Smith Jr. and was premiered December 23rd, 2005 by Dr. Lawrence Vincent of BYU Opera.

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Leafs from The Diary of an Old Soul

M Ryan Taylor — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:00:03 +0000

A cycle of 5 songs. The poetry by George MacDonald, a mentor of C.S. Lewis, ponders life, death, rebirth, & the power of creation.

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The Moon Songs

M Ryan Taylor — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:46:51 +0000

Cycle of 7 songs on the whimsical, macabre and, at times, deeply spiritual poetry of american poet Vachel Lindsay.

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La Belle Dame sans Merci

M Ryan Taylor — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:57:19 +0000

A cycle of 3 songs based on the poem by Keats. Originally inspired by the Waterhouse painting.

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The Water Grasses

M Ryan Taylor — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:17:28 +0000

A song based on a poem about a place that no longer exists. Written for a dear friend.

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Lions, Spiders & Flies

M Ryan Taylor — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:20:34 +0000

A set of 2 songs based on humorous, macabre poems of american poet Vachel Lindsay.

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Two Harvest Songs

M Ryan Taylor — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:18:05 +0000

Two songs about the harvest. The first a song a Thanksgiving for the abundance of the earth, the second dealing with the harvest of souls.

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