Not So Hidden Message

"Springtime Folly" for chorus and piano tells two stories. 
They are connected only by goofy poetry:
Nostalgia for my family's silly pride and 
Climate Catastrophe.

The music is very loosely based on Samual Barber's "Knoxville Summer of 1915." The text features a paraphrase from Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring."

The poetry is from my 18th volume of "Dr. Seuss Exclusively for Adults."


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It has become that time 
It has become that time of our hist'ry
It is no mystery...

Springtime Follies said Mel
To uncle Will
It's a bitter pill
Dear friend  to tell 
Your Springtime satire 
Not with pen nor lyre 
nor quill, Will
could mend 
Not that I want you or your brother to offend 
So said Mel to Will
Swell, Will said 
Well, well, well!
Well, Mel go to Hells 
Kitchen we'll have pasta 
Over which to say, I've got lotsa!

It was not 1915 
Not in Knoxville 
That when I was a teen 
In-between soup in a tureen 
And dessert for which I'm keen 
My dad crowed about their 
Record-setting run on Broadway:
One performance, I mean. 
My dad and uncle heard what said Mel
They chose to celebrate and kvell.   

It is of a different folly of spring 
That today we sing. 
It is a thing 
Also in winter, fall, 
summer 
More than a bummer. 
A bummer in summer wouldn’t be so bad.

Sad. Another said. It is what it is.
A problem he said not his.


Rachel said the right to earn a dollar no matter 
what the cost
What the damage to the 
environment 
has never been 
seriously questioned. 

It is no mystery...



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Photo Credit: Emma Paw

Springtime Folly

Lyrics: 

i have, been thinking
have you thought of me?
atleast im set free now
time to believe in love
especially since i found my one
lasting love was all i wanted
and i finally found her
crazy how she found me too
and all the little things
really touch my heart alot
alot, alot, alot
.
and all the little things
really touch my heart alot
alot, alot, alot
.
Hey, ive been off my meds
smoking serotin
ive been dead asleep like the time you put in
ima lay you down slow like some
melatonin
you were saying how you're worried but
you wouldn't phone in, no 


Acrostic (prod. Dolev Talmor)

Hidden Message, The Chords Hold The Key

Aurosa Music is a dynamic musical project born from a passion for creating diverse and captivating sounds. While our journey began with the live band project TimeLyne in 2019 under HappyWave Music Production, the unforeseen challenges of the pandemic led to a new beginning.
From a concept centered around the synthesized voice of Rosa, the addition of Earl’s vocals inspired our name, Aurosa, and a broadening of our musical horizons. Initially exploring country music, our sound has evolved into a rich tapestry of genres, blending authentic vocals and instrumentation with the innovative possibilities of modern music software.
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Kenneth Lieberson is a composer of symphonies, concertos, ballets, cantatas, tone poems, opera, chamber music, songs. His music has been heard on National Public Radio, at The Library of Congress, Lincoln Center, Queens College, NYU, Stony Brook, CAMI Hall, Merkin Hall and at high and middle schools. His B. M. and M. M. are from Juilliard. He also earned an M.B.A. at NYU's Stern School of Business.

Mr. Lieberson has also written two novellas, dozens of short stories and hundreds of poems.  He illustrated some of these.

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