Description
Premiere
5 December 1999
Thomas Young, tenor / Susan Caldwell Nelson, piano
Songs by Chester Biscardi: Reisinger Concert Hall, Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Text
Lyrics by William Zinsser
Vocal Range
Publisher
Biscardi Music Press No. B48-99-2
Classical Vocal Reprints:
High Voice No. CVR3618: Print / Digital
Medium Voice No. CVR3617:Print / Digital
Theodore Font Musical Literature, Inc.
Medium Voice: Print / Digital
Program Notes
SOMEONE NEW
Where did he [she] go?
The boy [girl] I was this morning?
Who never knew that birds could sing
and skies could be so blue.
Where did she [he] come from?
She [He] wasn’t here this morning.
She [He] chased away the other me
and brought in someone new.
How could that melancholy former me
Slip away?
I could have sworn that he [she]
Was here to stay.
Where did he [she] go?
He [She] left without a warning.
But here’s the thing
I’m really certain of:
That missing he [she]
Has left a brand new me,
A brand new boy [girl] in love.
