| | | Vokalwerke Das Werkverzeichnis beinhaltet 21 Vokalwerke, die in 5 unterschiedlichen Ländern entstanden sind. Herausragend zu bemerken ist, dass Gordon Sherwood nicht nur die Musik komponierte, sondern aus seiner Feder auch die meisten der zugrunde gelegten Textzeilen stammen. Dies ist nicht nur ungewöhnlich, sondern sichert auch eine äußerst selten anzutreffende Integration von Textvertonung mit klassischer Musik. Opus 23
| Four Songs for Mezzosoprano and piano (Words by Robert Hillyer)
| Mar. 1967
| Rome, Italy
| Opus 24
| Five Love Songs for high voice 8soprano or tenor) and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Mar. 1967
| Rome, Italy
| Opus 26
| Justice and Peace (Two Songs) for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Jun. 1967
| Rome, Italy
| Opus 29
| Two Light Songs for high voice and piano
(Words by Gamal Abdul Aziz)
| Oct. 1968
| Beirut, Lebanon
| Opus 30
| Four Songs for the Winter for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Nov. 1968
| Beirut, Lebanon
| Opus 32
| Four Romantic Songs for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Apr. 1969
| Beirut, Lebanon
| Opus 43
| Songs from My Childhood for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Jun. 1973
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 44
| Four Songs of Complementary Colours for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Aug. 1973
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 45
| Six Songs for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Sep. 1973
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 46
| Seven Songs for Mother Nature for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Dec. 1973
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 47
| Songs of Children´s Play for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Dec. 1973
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 49
| Songs for the Three East African Heads of State in the Mid 1970´s
for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Aug. 1974
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 53
| Six Songs Women´s Fashions of the 1960´s for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Aug. 1975
| Mombasa, Kenya
| Opus 58
| Nine Songs for the Road for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Jul. 1976
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 59
| Five Light Songs for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Aug. 1976
| Mombasa, Kenya
| Opus 60
| Five Blues Songs for coloratura soprano and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Oct. 1976
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 62
| Three Songs for Mohammad Ali Former World Heavy Weight Boxing Champion for tenor voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood with fragments from Ali´s own verse)
| Dec. 1976
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 64
| Three Songs for the Rank Xerox Cooperation for high voice and piano
(Words by Gordon Sherwood)
| Jan. 1978
| Nairobi, Kenya
| Opus 96
| Rabbi Schlomo for bass baritone solo with piano
(Text by Gordon Sherwood)
| Jul. 1994
| Lubbok, Texas, USA
| Opus 105
| Three Songs “Die Sonne sinkt” for four solo female voices (SSAA) and harp
(Words by Friedrich Nietzsche)
| Feb._1997
| Cartago, Costa Rica
| Opus_121
| Novembrian State Song for voice and piano
| 2002
| Taos (New Mexico), USA
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| "Die Jahre in Kenia sind musikalisch fruchtbar. Hier entstehen zahlreiche Stücke, deren Titel einen skurrilen Humor verraten: Militärmarsch für Mohammed, Drei Lieder für die Rank Xerox Corporation oder Vier Lieder für Komplementärfarben. Und er verfaßt eine Ode für Mohamed Ali, die Boxer-Legende, nach eigenen Worten des Champions, aus Respekt vor dessen Entscheidung, lieber ins Gefängnis zu gehen als aufs Schlachtfeld nach Vietnam".
(Dr. Uli Kahmann) |
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