{"id":4075,"date":"2014-08-25T08:41:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/?page_id=4075"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:00:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:00:49","slug":"the-cough-drop-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/works\/the-cough-drop-song\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cough Drop Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nhur7scCuP4?version=3&#038;rel=0&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=es-ES&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zachary Ridgway premieres&nbsp;<em>The Cough Drop Song&nbsp;<\/em>in San Antonio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Cough Drop Song<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(2014), for singing pianist<br>Duration: c. 5:30 minutes<br>Bass Voice, F#2-C4 range*, with piano<br><em>*if transposition is requested, please contact the composer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>The Cough Drop Song &#8211; Lyrics<\/strong><br>This is a song about audience participation. &nbsp;A pet peeve, a cardinal sin? Affliction of the cultured. &nbsp;Maybe it&#8217;s worse than cell phones going off during a slow movement. Let&#8217;s begin. I am dressed to a tee and come out for a bow. I have practiced hundreds of hours&#8230; The bench height is right. The exposition goes great. Suddenly I hear it start and then it&#8217;s too late: A cough drop wrapper! You can blow your nose during my arpeggios.You can rummage in your purse.But, please, please DON\u2019T unleash this aural curse.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Get out another cough drop.<br>Crinkle that wrapper one more time.<br>Unwrap it painfully slowly &#8211;<br>really, that&#8217;s just fine.<br>Get out another cough drop.<br>Bring enough to share.<br>Your friends will feel left out;<br>Now THAT would not be fair.<\/p>\n<p>I have practiced not to get distracted.&nbsp;Don&#8217;t need silence while I play.&nbsp;The audience and I could listen to your lozenges all day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-Refrain-<\/p>\n<p>Live performance is so tricky, as timing is everythin\u2019.&nbsp;You resist until the music becomes pianissimo,&nbsp;then the crinkling can begin!&nbsp;Crinkle, crackle, ripple, rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-Refrain-<\/p>\n<p>In avoiding a cough&nbsp;you make people scoff.&nbsp;Few things are worse than this cure.&nbsp;Maybe next time if you truly care,&nbsp;bring your cough drops unwrapped, in a tupperware?!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re right.&nbsp;Concert hall acoustics are perfect for the delicate sound&nbsp;of crinkling plastic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-Refrain-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;Words &amp; Music (c) 2014 by Yvonne Freckmann<\/p>\n<\/td><td>&nbsp;\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/zachary_headshot.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/works\/the-cough-drop-song\/zachary_headshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/zachary_headshot.jpeg?fit=215%2C253&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"215,253\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Zachary_headshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/zachary_headshot.jpeg?fit=215%2C253&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4077 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/zachary_headshot.jpeg?resize=215%2C253\" alt=\"Zachary_headshot\" width=\"215\" height=\"253\"><\/a><\/figure><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Originally from Tennessee, pianist <strong>Zachary Ridgway<\/strong> grew up largely in Sofia, Bulgaria. An alumnus of Baylor University, Zachary is an eager performer with a strong interest in the music of Scriabin and of Messiaen. He is also an avid collaborator and chamber musician.<br>Zachary now teaches at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas; serves as church pianist at Trinity Baptist and at St. Peter&#8217;s Catholic Church; is a founder and organizer of Mozart Festival Texas; and devotes the remainder of his time to his dogs Hugo and Whiskey River (a rescue Boxer).<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add me to your music library!<\/p>\n\n\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/handpicked-products\" data-products=\"[11357]\" class=\"wc-block-grid wp-block-handpicked-products wp-block-woocommerce-handpicked-products wc-block-handpicked-products has-3-columns has-multiple-rows\"><ul class=\"wc-block-grid__products\"><li class=\"wc-block-grid__product\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/shop\/product\/the-cough-drop-song\/\" class=\"wc-block-grid__product-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"The Cough Drop Song (for singing pianist)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?resize=13%2C12&amp;ssl=1 13w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-attachment-id=\"11392\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/?attachment_id=11392\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?fit=605%2C546&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"605,546\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Cough_Drop_Song_cover_img2.png?fit=605%2C546&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-title\">The Cough Drop Song (for singing pianist)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-price price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" dir=\"auto\">&#036;<\/span>10.00<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button wc-block-grid__product-add-to-cart\"><a href=\"\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4075?add-to-cart=11357\" aria-label=\"A\u00f1adir al carrito: &ldquo;The Cough Drop Song (for singing pianist)&rdquo;\" data-quantity=\"1\" data-product_id=\"11357\" data-product_sku=\"\" data-price=\"10\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart\">A\u00f1adir al carrito<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zachary Ridgway premieres&nbsp;The Cough Drop Song&nbsp;in San Antonio The Cough Drop Song\u00a0(2014), for singing pianistDuration: c. 5:30 minutesBass Voice, F#2-C4 range*, with piano*if transposition is requested, please contact the composer The Cough Drop Song &#8211; LyricsThis is a song about audience participation. &nbsp;A pet peeve, a cardinal sin? 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