1990
Well Welcome
Composed by
Richard Hundley
Richard Hundley Text by
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein Octaves and Sweet Sounds Song Collection
"Well Welcome" is the final song in Octaves and Sweet Sounds. Gertrude Stein's poem provides the text for this stylistically grand, declamatory and operatic work. It is the most challenging vocally, interpretively and pianistically.
--Esther Jane Hardenbergh
Sheet Music
Octaves and Sweet Sounds (High Voice)
Richard Hundley
1. Strings in the Earth and Air Text: James Joyce
2. Seashore Girls Text: E. E. Cummings
3. Moonlight's Watermelon Text: Jose Garcia Villa
4. Straightway Beauty On Me Waits Text: James Purdy
5. Well Welcome Text: Gertrude Stein
2. Seashore Girls Text: E. E. Cummings
3. Moonlight's Watermelon Text: Jose Garcia Villa
4. Straightway Beauty On Me Waits Text: James Purdy
5. Well Welcome Text: Gertrude Stein
High
Octaves and Sweet Sounds (Medium Voice)
Richard Hundley
1. Strings in the Earth and Air Text: James Joyce
2. Seashore Girls Text: E. E. Cummings
3. Moonlight's Watermelon Text: Jose Garcia Villa
4. Straightway Beauty On Me Waits Text: James Purdy
5. Well Welcome Text: Gertrude Stein
2. Seashore Girls Text: E. E. Cummings
3. Moonlight's Watermelon Text: Jose Garcia Villa
4. Straightway Beauty On Me Waits Text: James Purdy
5. Well Welcome Text: Gertrude Stein
Medium