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Snow White turns sixty. 8. The mermaid story
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Snow White turns sixty. 8. The mermaid story

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A mer maid - res cued - a drown ing - prince, swam him to
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shore, and pined a way be cause - she missed the weight of him (mm)* and the
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heat of his breath a gainst - her neck; no thing - at all like the trick le - of cool salt wa - ter -
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Text by Julie Kane Music by Dale T rumbore
The Mermaid Story
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Snow White T urns Sixty
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The Mermaid Story
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Snow White T urns Sixty
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year she'd bar gained - a way - her tail for legs andher tongue too, as legs were dear.
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The Mermaid Story
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Snow White T urns Sixty 
Asset Metadata
Creator Trumbore, Dale Catherine (author) 
Core Title Snow White turns sixty. 8. The mermaid story 
Contributor Electronically uploaded by the Library (provenance) 
School Thornton School of Music 
Degree Master of Music 
Degree Program Composition 
Degree Conferral Date 2011-05 
Publication Date 05/19/2011 
Publisher University of Southern California (original), University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Tag choral,Composition,concerto,OAI-PMH Harvest,Songs 
Format 3 pages (extent) 
Advisor Crockett, Donald (committee chair),  Hartke, Stephen (committee member),  Lauridsen, Morten (committee member) 
Creator Email dale.trumbore@gmail.com,trumbore@usc.edu 
Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/usctheses-c127-15596 
Unique identifier UC1107936 
Identifier usctheses-c127-15596 (legacy record id) 
Legacy Identifier etd-trumbore-SnowWhite-Mermaid 
Dmrecord 15596 
Document Type Portfolio 
Format 3 pages (extent) 
Rights Trumbore, Dale Catherine 
Internet Media Type application/pdf 
Type texts
Source University of Southern California (contributing entity), University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses (collection) 
Repository Name Libraries, University of Southern California
Repository Location Los Angeles, California
Repository Email uscdl@usc.edu
Abstract (if available)
Abstract Snow White turns sixty. 8. The mermaid story: for voice and piano (text by Julie Kane) 
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choral
concerto
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