Joelle Wallach

A collection of songs about cats and dogs

Year: 2004-2023

Difficulty: Medium (college/community)

Category: piano, solo voice(s) with piano

Instruments: alto, any female voice, any high voice, any low voice, any male voice, any medium voice, any voice, baritone voice, bass voice, mezzo soprano, soprano, tenor voice

Publisher: Joelle Wallach

Publisher website: https://joellewallach.com/composition/meow-mix/

Outside URL: https://joellewallach.com/composition/meow-mix/

Score PDF: PussycatCTotal.pdf

Purchase score URL: https://joellewallach.com/composition/meow-mix/

Description: Meow Mix is a collection of Art Songs written for and about cats. Included are Pax, with a text by D.H.Lawrence; Beauty, text by William Blake; Mujer, text by William Carlos Williams; and Alley Cat Love Song, based on Dana Gioia’s comic poem, Alley Cat Love Song. Each song is available in several keys to accommodate different voice types. (To find a "Dog Song" look up "Basket," a song in the voice of Gertrude Stein's standard poodle, Basket.) "The cat of the title of Alleycat Love Song is the composer's own ‘magical cat and mini-muse.’ Here, a light touch enables a beautifully drawn little miniature. PAX, which uses words by D.H. Lawrence to ‘celebrate the spiritual life of Wallach’s cat,’ as the booklet puts it. It is tender and lovely, shot through with innocence." —Colin Clarke, Fanfare