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The Pyrenees: Five Miniatures For Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 31 : 1 score (iv + 11 pages) ; includes table of contents and foreward.

The set of five miniatures Op. 31 consists of tuneful short pieces. Played slowly, the four bars from m. 6 to m. 9 in the left hand of the first number, are the theme of the lullaby I composed at Susie's suggestion, soon after our first daughter was born. Years later, I built the present pieces on this idea and this piano set is dedicated to our daughters Natalie and Brigitte. The title -- The Pyrenees -- refers to the mountains that I contemplated …

Happiness: Three Voice Duets For Soprano And Mezzo-Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 30 : 1 score (v + 33 pages ) ; includes table of contents and poem.

Composed for "Happiness" a poem by Henry David Thoreau and a collage of verses by John Warner Barber, William Ellery Channing and John Donne as quoted by Thoreau in Walden.

Movements:

1. Happiness
2. To Sweeten Our Lips
3. Come Ye Who Love