Carlisle Floyd
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About Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd (June 11, 1926 – September 30, 2021) was an American opera composer. The son of a Methodist minister, he based many of his works on themes from the South. His best known opera, Susannah (1955), is based on a story from the Apocrypha, transferred to contemporary, rural Tennessee, and is set in a Southern dialect. In 1943, Floyd entered Converse College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and studied piano under Ernst Bacon. When Bacon accepted a position at Syracuse University
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Susannah / Act 1: "Ain't it a pretty night?"
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Susannah / Act 2: "The trees on the mountain"
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 2: Ain't It A Pretty Night?
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Susannah, Act One: Opening Music
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 1: It's a hot night for dancin'
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 3: The trees on the mountains are cold and bare
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 1: I am the Reverend Olin Blitch
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 2: Was y'ever at such a nice square dance, Little Bat?
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Ain't It a Pretty Night
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 2: Come, sinner, tonight's the night
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 2: Don't go to bed right yet, Sam
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 2: Are you saved from sin
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 2: I'm fixin' to tell y'bout a feller
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 5: Feeble-minded idjet!
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 3: I'm a lonely man, Susannah
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 4: I ain't surprised
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 3: That crick oughta be right about here
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Susannah, Act One, Scene 5: Little Bat, what you doin' here?
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 1: How long's it gonna last, Sam?
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 4: Hear me, O Lord, I beseech Thee
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 3: That's mighty pretty singin'
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Floyd: Susannah, Act 2 Scene 3: "The trees on the mountains are cold" (Susannah)
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Floyd: Susannah, Act 2: "The Trees on the Mountains Are Cold" (Susannah)
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Susannah, Act II: Hear me, O Lord
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 4: Brethren an' sister'n
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Susannah, Act Two, Scene 5: Hey there, little robin, I'm back agin
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Susannah / Act I: Ain't it a pretty night? - Live
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Susannah / Act II: That's mighty pretty singin' - Live
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Prince of Players, Prologue: Othello? Ay, Desdemonda
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Susannah, Act II, Scene 3, the Trees On the Mountain Are Cold and Bard
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Prince of Players, Act I Scene 2: Do You Know How Many Roles We've Seen You In?
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Prince of Players, Act I Scene 4: The Duke of Buckingham, Your Majesty
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Susannah, Act I, Scene 2, Ain't It a Pretty Night?
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Prince of Players, Act I Scene 3: Oh! You Startled Me!
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Prince of Players, Act I Scene 1: Not Again, Never Again! I Shall Not Be Humiliated Again!
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Wuthering Heights, Act I: Prologue. It Is Lockwood
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Prince of Players, Act II Scene 1: Howl, Howl, Howl, Howl, Howl!
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Act II, Scene 3-The trees on the mountain are cold and bare
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Susannah: The trees on the Mountains
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Susannah: Ain't It A Pretty Night!
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Act II, Scene 2-Are you saved from sin
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The Mystery (Arr. for Voice & Piano): No. 1, He Has Kissed Me
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Act II, Scene 4-Hear me, O Lord, I beseech Thee
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Trees on the Mountains
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The Mystery (Arr. for Voice & Piano): No. 4, At Dawn
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Susannah, Act I, Scene 5, Febble-Minded Idjet!
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Susannah, Act II, Scene 2, Come, Sinner, Tonight's the Night
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I'm a lonely man, Susannah
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Susannah - music drama in 2 Acts: Ain't it a pretty night?
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Susannah: The trees on the mountains are cold and bare
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