Classical Music | Soprano

Recorded on 10/11/2009, uploaded on 10/11/2009

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Three Rap Songs in the German Style (AKA Rap Songs for Opera Singers)

It has been said that rap is the poetry of our time.  Really?  Has society gone from singing the praises of unrequited love to speaking the praises of pimps and prostitutes?  I wanted to put this theory to the test by setting various rap songs in a “traditional” manner.  This song cycle, Three Songs in the German Style, takes the musical styles of Schubert, Schönberg and Wolf and uses these compositional styles as accompaniment to a few of the most popular rap songs of the last few years.  The lyrics themselves have not been changed and the “hook” of each song has been kept in tact and is used in each song to help aid the parody.