Barbara Rosen

Life

Barbara Rosen has lived in NYC for her entire life, choosing Brooklyn as a young adult. There she has maintained a private, in-house shelter for unwanted animals (now almost always cats: www.barbarathecatlady.org) for over 53 years.

She is a retired public elementary school teacher, artist, published writer (stories, articles, poems), gardener and trained singer. She began composing after joining the Renaissance Street Singers (www.streetsingers.org), an inspiration for several poems and compositions.

List of choral works

Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel Advice Alas! Ambition Anoche The Anti-Gump As the days... The Assault The Ballad of the Harp Weaver Bedbuggers Bell Song Beyond obedience Blake Blessing Blizzard Butter Can I Still The cat I found Chicken Story Christmas Crazed Credo Cucumber Denied any outlet Devils Don't Education Election Returns The End of the World Enemy Calypso Fall is here Fantasy Father Judge's Prayer Flaming Tongues For he is an instrument For he keeps the Lord's watch For he purrs For John For Ken

For Mariellen Fox Hunter's Song Fugue The Gardener Replies Get thee behind me God appears God at his creating sings The golf links The Hammock The Hesitating Pedestrian Hope How I read Hunger I asked a thief I like... I need a husband I was eating a candy bar... If wishes were horses If you're sick In Celebration In My Dream... The Incarnate Word Incarnation Invictus It's Thursday! Jenny kissed me John's Rules Judas was sorry The Least Praised The light Listening Attentively The look of love Love is like... Magic A Maxim for Vikings The Metronome Milton at 100 Milton, Armed Mr. Clean

My friend Sylvia Pater noster Physical therapy A Poison Tree Postal Round Psalm 23 Ring Round The River's Song A round is like a universe A round keeps running 'round my brain The Singers The size of your hands The Social Distance Waltz Sol at Eighty The Space Spin your round Spring has sprung Spring is here! Street Magic Subway turnstiles The sun is round The Telephone They Asked Him If He Wanted a Priest The thing about singing Three dead rats A truth... The Tyger A very distinct possibility A Visit From St. Nicolas A waiter with some water Watch the conductor We make love with our voices We Sing Like Wolves A weapon of mass instruction Weeds What We Sing Why I Leave When I Do The Zimwaddie Button

Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)

• Devils
• Enemy Calypso
• Flaming Tongues
• Invictus
• The Incarnate Word

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External links

• Works by Barbara Rosen in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)