What Remains of Beautiful
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cabaret song for mezzo-soprano (PDF download)
DURATION: 4:00
PAGES: 8
WORLD PREMIERE: The Songwriters' Salon, Times Square Arts Center, 2014
I wrote this song as an entry for the Sondheim Remix contest, inspired by “Beautiful” from Sunday in the Park with George. The content isn’t really related other than using his first phrase as a catalyst. I imagined what it might be like to work in a plastic surgeon’s office and be responsible to disposing of the unwanted, cut-away parts of women after their procedures.