These four songs by Garth Baxter were part of a doctoral thesis by Wei TengFei:
A Study on the Role of Feste from W. Shakespeare's Romantic Comedy Twelfth Night and compositional trends of Art Songs--Focusing on the Shakesperian songs by E. Korngold, I Hoiby, D. Amran and Garth Baxter, 2024
by Wei TengFei, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea.
Words by William Shakespeare.
8 minutes, Difficulty varies. Les Productions D'Oz.
Each of the songs are written in a low key so that they can be easily raised to whatever key is necessary for the vocalist through the use of a capo for the guitarist.
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O Mistress Mine
Light hearted love song. Folk-like, up-tempo.
Guitar can capo up to allow the singer to sing in a higher key.
Difficulty: Easy.
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Come Away, Come Away Death
Two and a half minutes, Upper beginning for voice, lower intermediate for guitarist.
Tongue in cheek sad song of a pathetic soul in love.
Two verses in strophic form. Introduction, ending and an interlude are all the same music for the guitar.
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I Am Gone Sir
1 minute, Upper beginning level.
Humorous song sung by the jester.
Through-composed but ends with same music as it begins with.
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When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy
Fun, folk-like ending to the play. Guitar part can either play chords or a more interesting written accompaniment.
Guitar can capo up to allow the singer to sing in a higher key.
Difficulty: Easy.