Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

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Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

1. What do we need to know about this composer?
Possible answers . . .

• One of America’s most prolific and most performed living composers.
• Her songs show a keen sense of drama and strong interest in American popular music.

2. Name a song composition by this composer.
Possible answers . . .

ME

1. Why I Write this Book
II. Childhood
III. Adolescence
IV. Greenwich Village
V. Marriage… Divorce
VI. Work
VII. Art (Life is Love…)
VIII. The Present

Sonnets from the Portuguese

1. I thought once how Theocritus…
2. My letters!
3. With the same heart, I said, I’ll answer thee
4. If I leave all for thee
5. Oh, yes!
6. How do I love thee?

Love after 1950

1. “Boy’s Lips”
2. “Blond Men”
3. “Big Sister Says”
4. “The Empty Song”
5. “I Make My Magic”

Try Me, Good King

1. “Katherine of Aragon”
2. “Anne Boleyn”
3. “Jane Seymour”
4. “Anne of Cleves”
5. “Katherine Howard”

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This selection is called: ME “1. Why I Write this Book”
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This selection is called: Sonnets from the Portuguese 1. “I thought once how Theocritus…”
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This selection is called: Sonnets from the Portuguese “2. My letters!”

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This selection is called: Sonnets from the Portuguese “3. With the same heart, I said, I’ll answer thee”
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This selection is called: Sonnets from the Portuguese “4. If I leave all for thee”
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This selection is called: Sonnets from the Portuguese “5. Oh, yes!”
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This selection is called: Sonnets from the Portuguese “6. How do I love thee?”
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This selection is called: Love after 1950
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This selection is called: Try Me, Good King
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