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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

From the musical

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Music by ule Styne and Leo Robin

The song is perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a Transatlantic ocean liner by a detective hired by her fiancé's father, who wants assurance that she is not marrying purely for money. He is informed of compromising pictures taken with a British diamond mine owner and cancels her letter of credit before she arrives in France, requiring her to work in a nightclub to survive. Her fiancé arrives at the cabaret to see her perform this song, about exploiting men for riches. Diamonds are an element in another story line in the film, in which Lorelei is given a diamond tiara by the mine owner, in gratitude for her recovering the photographs. In a later scene, Jane Russell, who played opposite Monroe, sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in court, while pretending to be Lorelei. Most of the song in the film is Monroe's own voice but she needed help in two phrases – "These rocks don't lose their shape, diamonds are a girl's best friend", and at the beginning with a series of high-pitched "no's", all of which were dubbed in by the soprano Marni Nixon.

    Release Date: 1949


Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

Memorialized by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and more recently performed by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! this Broadway standard has now been superbly arranged by Mark Hayes. With lots of play between the women's voices, your choir will wow with this number. Mark has crafted a knockout SSA voicing for your ladies and written hot ensemble parts to allow you to involve your school orchestra. Available separately: SATB, SSA, StudioTrax CD, Digital Orchestration. Duration: ca. 3:26.

Voicing: SSA



Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media

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Nicholas Hare : Ladies Barbershop Book : SSAA : Songbook : 884088611118 : 0853607877 : 14041462

Nicholas Hare : Ladies Barbershop Book

'Ladies Barbershop Book' offers unaccompanied arrangements of a variety of well-loved songs, from the 1920's to the 1970's. Performances should work equally well with choirs or just four voices. Arranged by Nicholas Hare for SSAA. Helpful performance notes are included for each of the songs, and the arrangements are notated on two staves for easy piano rehearsal.

Songlist: Big Spender, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Do You Want To Know A Secret?, Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words), He Was Beautiful (Cavatina), I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, Sailing, Summertime, The Sound Of Silence, Tonight, We'll Meet Again

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Voicing: SSAA | 7241b | Songbook | $14.95 | A Cappella


Louise Lerch (editor) : The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection - Female : Solo : Songbook : 073999140354 : 0793582253 : 00740077

Louise Lerch (editor) : The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection - Female

This publication is a hit! With 33 great songs from stage and movie musicals - plus plot notes for each - this series is indispensible for teaching young singers.

Songlist: Once Upon A Dream, Beauty And The Beast, Memory, God Help The Outcasts, On My Own, Belle (Reprise), Think Of Me, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Feed The Birds, Honey Bun, I Could Have Danced All Night, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got The Sun In The Morning, I Have Confidence, I'll Know, In My Own Little Corner, It's A Most Unusual Day, Just You Wait, Many A New Day, Much More, My Favorite Things, Out Of My Dreams, Part Of Your World, People Will Say We're In Love, The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood, Sisters, Sixteen Going On Seventeen, Stepsisters' Lament, There Are Worse Things I Could Do, Till There Was You, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 2664b | Songbook | $16.95 | Voice and Piano


Louise Lerch (editor) : The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection - Female : Solo : Songbook & CD : 073999807684 : 0634030779 : 00740160

Louise Lerch (editor) : The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection - Female

These popular publications are compiled especially for the tastes and abilities of the talented teenage singer/actor. Songs span from classic stage musicals, to the golden age of Hollywood, to the stage and cinema of the 1980s and '90s. Indispensible for teaching young singers, these book/CD packs also include notes on each selection.

Songlist: Once Upon A Dream, Beauty And The Beast, Memory, God Help The Outcasts, On My Own, Belle (Reprise), Think Of Me, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Feed The Birds, Honey Bun, I Could Have Danced All Night, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got The Sun In The Morning, I Have Confidence, I'll Know, In My Own Little Corner, It's A Most Unusual Day, Just You Wait, Many A New Day, Much More, My Favorite Things, Out Of My Dreams, Part Of Your World, People Will Say We're In Love, The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood, Sisters, Sixteen Going On Seventeen, Stepsisters' Lament, There Are Worse Things I Could Do, Till There Was You, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 2669b | Songbook & CD | $29.95 | Voice and Piano


Louise Lerch (editor) : Great Songs from Musicals for Teens : Solo : Songbook & CD : 073999967487 : 0634031465 : 00740164

Louise Lerch (editor) : Great Songs from Musicals for Teens

This practical collection of lively theatre and movie musical music comes with a valuable bonus: a CD of excellent recordings by talented young singers, and also an accompaniment track for each song for practice.

Songlist: God Help The Outcasts, Reflection, Shy, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Honey Bun, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got The Sun In The Morning, I'll Know, Much More, Unexpected Song, God Help The Outcasts, Reflection, Shy, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Honey Bun, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got The Sun In The Morning, I'll Know, Much More, Unexpected Song

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Voicing: Solo | 2671b | Songbook & CD | $19.95 | Voice and Piano


Richard Walters (editor) : The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - 16-Bar Audition : Solo : Songbook : 884088476038 : 1423490967 : 00230040

Richard Walters (editor) : The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - 16-Bar Audition

Mezzo-Soprano/Belter edition. Songs especially good for auditions have been chosen from Volumes 1-5 of The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology and edited to 30-40 second 16-Bar excerpts. Each volume includes over 100 songs in original keys.

Songlist: Memory, Someone Like You, Don't Call Me Trailer Trash, Heads Or Tails, The Miller's Son, Shadowland, Who Will Love Me As I Am?, Always True To You In My Fashion, Always A Bridesmaid, Stars And The Moon, Shy, Here I Am, A Change In Me, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, My New Philosophy, Look At Me Now, How Did We Come To This?, The Past Is Another Land, Life With Harold, When You Got It, Flaunt It, Anything But Lonely, Live Out Loud, Hit Me With A Hot Note, On My Own, As If We Never Said Goodbye, As Long As He Needs Me, Good Morning Baltimore, I Can Hear The Bells, Still Hurting, When You Come Home To Me, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 2477b | Songbook | $22.95 ON SALE $19.95 | Voice and Piano


Richard Walters (editor) : Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Mezzo-Soprano Book - Vol. 1 : Solo : Songbook & Online Audio : 884088129910 : 1423423658 : 00000484

Richard Walters (editor) : Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Mezzo-Soprano Book - Vol. 1

The world's most trusted source for great theatre literature for singing actors. The CDs include piano accompaniments. The book features authentic editions of each song in the original keys. The songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type and are culled from a wide selection of classic and contemporary shows.

Songlist: Ain't There Anyone Here For Love?, Always True To You In My Fashion, Anyone Can Whistle, Broadway Baby, By The Sea, Cabaret, A Cockeyed Optimist, Could I Leave You?, Dance: Ten; Looks: Three, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Don't Tell Mama, Funny Honey, Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm, He Wasn't You, The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball, How Are Things In Glocca Morra?, I Ain't Down Yet, I Cain't Say No, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got The Sun In The Morning, I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy, In Buddy's Eyes, The Lady is a Tramp, Look To The Rainbow, Losing My Mind, Memory, The Miller's Son, An Old Man, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 5543b | Songbook & Online Audio | $42.95 ON SALE $39.95 | Voice and Piano


Rick Walters : The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 1, Revised : Solo : Songbook : 073999610727 : 0881885452 : 00361072

Rick Walters : The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 1, Revised

39 songs, including: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend ¥ Don't Cry For Me Argentina ¥ I Ain't Down Yet ¥ Losing My Mind ¥ Memory ¥ Send in the Clowns ¥ and many more.

Songlist: Ain't There Anyone Here For Love?, Always True To You In My Fashion, Anyone Can Whistle, Broadway Baby, By The Sea, Cabaret, A Cockeyed Optimist, Could I Leave You?, Dance: Ten; Looks: Three, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Don't Tell Mama, Funny Honey, Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm, He Wasn't You, The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball, How Are Things In Glocca Morra?, I Ain't Down Yet, I Cain't Say No, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got The Sun In The Morning, I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy, In Buddy's Eyes, The Lady is a Tramp, Look To The Rainbow, Losing My Mind, Memory, The Miller's Son, An Old Man, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 1912b | Songbook | $24.95 | Voice and Piano


Various : Female Singers of the 1950s : Solo : Songbook : 884088522988 : 1423497465 : 00001410

Various : Female Singers of the 1950s

Over 30 top hits by Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Joni James, Marilyn Monroe, Connie Francis, Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, Mary Ford, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Eydie Gorme, and many others!

Songlist: Allegheny Moon, Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina), Cross Over The Bridge, Dark Moon, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Everybody Loves A Lover, A Guy Is A Guy, How Important Can It Be, How Much Is That Doggie In The Window, It's A Most Unusual Day, It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House, Make Yourself Comfortable, Mambo Italiano, May You Always, Memories Of You, Mr. Wonderful, Mockin' Bird Hill, (Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music!, My Happiness, My Heart Cries For You, Pledging My Love, Ricochet Romance, Sentimental Journey, A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl (Skoob-El-Ee-Doo-Bee-Dum), Teach Me Tonight, There Goes My Heart, This Ole House, Too Young To Go Steady, Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You), What A Diff'rence A Day Made, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 7889b | Songbook | $15.95


Various : Broadway Classics - Women's Edition : Solo : Songbook : 888680723750 : 154001536X : 00256670

Various : Broadway Classics - Women's Edition

The Hal Leonard Vocal Sheet Music series is an exciting new series for singers, featuring authentic piano accompaniments and custom guitar chord diagrams, tailored to each song's unique chord progressions and designed to provide realistic support. 25 songs for women's voices are included in this volume, all from legendary Broadway productions: Cabaret - Carousel - A Chorus Line - Evita - Fiddler on the Roof - Girl Crazy - The King and I - Les Misérables - A Little Night Music - The Music Man - Song & Dance - South Pacific - and more.

Songlist: Memory, Somewhere, Always True To You In My Fashion, Anyone Can Whistle, On My Own, As Long As He Needs Me, Bewitched, But Not For Me, Cabaret, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, A Cockeyed Optimist, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Maybe This Time, Far From The Home I Love, Send In The Clowns, Goodnight, My Someone, Hello, Young Lovers, I Could Have Danced All Night, I Dreamed A Dream, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got Rhythm, I Got The Sun In The Morning, If I Loved You, If I Were A Bell, Make Someone Happy, The Man I Love, My Favorite Things, My Funny Valentine, The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 40594b | Songbook | $19.95 | Singer & Piano/Guitar


Various Arrangers : The Great American Songbook - The Singers : Solo : Songbook : 884088162894 : 1423430948 : 00311433

Various Arrangers : The Great American Songbook - The Singers

Crooners, wailers, shouters, balladeers - some of our greatest pop vocalists have poured their hearts and souls into the musical gems of the Great American Songbook. They sang in nightclubs and concert halls, on television and in films, and left us a legacy of recordings still in play today. Their interpretations entertained us, moved us to tears, and wove lyrics and music into the fabric of our lives, making us see ourselves in these quintessentially American songs. This folio features 100 of these classics by Louis Armstrong (Hello Dolly - What a Wonderful World), Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), Rosemary Clooney (Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep), Nat King Cole (Route 66), Bing Crosby (True Love), Doris Day (Bewitched), Ella Fitzgerald (How High the Moon), Judy Garland (Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody), Dean Martin (Everybody Loves Somebody), Frank Sinatra (Young at Heart), Barbra Streisand (People), Mel Tormé (Heart and Soul), and many, many more.

Songlist: You Belong To Me, True Love, Smile, If, Manhattan, All Of Me, I Love Being Here With You, All The Way, Day By Day, Heart and Soul, I Wanna Be Loved, And I Love You So, Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home, Autumn Leaves, Baby, It's Cold Outside, Cry Me A River, Gypsy In My Soul, That's Entertainment, Sunrise, Sunset, Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, Bewitched, Blame It On My Youth, People, Born Free, Cabaret, Call Me Irresponsible, Dear Ruby, I Should Care, There Will Never Be Another You, Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 2573b | Songbook | $24.95 | PVG


Various Arrangers : Belter's Book of Comedy Songs : Solo : Songbook : 073999364989 : 0634009788 : 00740126

Various Arrangers : Belter's Book of Comedy Songs

This fabulous collection for women theatre singers includes piano/vocal arrangements in appropriately low belting keys of 32 songs to keep audiences laughing: Adelaide's Lament - Always a Bridesmaid - Dance: Ten; Looks: Three - Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend - Don't Call Me Trailer Trash - A Guy What Takes His Time - It Ain't Etiquette - Take Back Your Mink - You Can't Get a Man with a Gun - more.

Songlist: A Guy What Takes His Time, Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry, Adelaide's Lament, Butter, Don't Call Me Trailer Trash, Heads Or Tails, Teaching Third Grade, Last One Picked, Always True To You In My Fashion, Always A Bridesmaid, Shy, My New Philosophy, When You Got It, Flaunt It, Special, Bewitched, Whatever Happened To My Part?, Dance: Ten; Looks: Three, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, Stepsisters' Lament, Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm, The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball, I Cain't Say No, Miss Marmelstein, Nobody Makes A Pass At Me, One Hundred Easy Ways To Lose A Man, Take Back Your Mink, A Trip To The Library, We Deserve Each Other, Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 3060b | Songbook | $19.95 | Voice and Piano


Various Arrangers : Broadway Divas - Female Voice : Solo : Songbook & CD : 00-26499

Various Arrangers : Broadway Divas - Female Voice

Ultimate Sing-Along books give you everything you need to sing with your favorite songs. Each songbook has the lyrics, music notation, and chords to eight great hits, with lyrics-only pages included. There are two versions of every song on the CD: a full-performance track with an amazing sound-alike recording, and a professional accompaniment track so you can sing along. When you use the CD in your Mac or Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone 'N' Tempo) Changer lets you easily change the key and temp to individualize the playback for just your voice and style.

Songlist: And All That Jazz, Anything Goes, Aquarius, Dancing Queen, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, How Could I Ever Know, Send In The Clowns, Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)

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Voicing: Solo | 9421b | Songbook & CD | $12.95 | Accompanied


Louise Lerch (editor) : The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection : Solo : 1 CD : 073999254730 : 0634094882 : 00740318

Louise Lerch (editor) : The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection

This is the CD accompaniment to the terrific series for the young singer/actor, with a great selection of songs from both Broadway and movie musicals, and stress the tastes, singing, and acting challenges common to young performers. There are plot notes included for each song.

Songlist: Once Upon A Dream, Beauty And The Beast, Memory, God Help The Outcasts, On My Own, Belle (Reprise), Think Of Me, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Feed The Birds, Honey Bun, I Could Have Danced All Night, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got The Sun In The Morning, I Have Confidence, I'll Know, In My Own Little Corner, It's A Most Unusual Day, Just You Wait, Many A New Day, Much More, My Favorite Things, Out Of My Dreams, Part Of Your World, People Will Say We're In Love, The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood, Sisters, Sixteen Going On Seventeen, Stepsisters' Lament, There Are Worse Things I Could Do, Till There Was You, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 2678b | 1 CD | $16.95 | Voice and Piano


Richard Walters (editor) : The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 1, Revised : Solo : 2 CDs : 073999237153 : 0634061828 : 00740230

Richard Walters (editor) : The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 1, Revised

Two accompaniment CDs in each package which match the books containing a collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type. The selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores.

Songlist: Memory, The Miller's Son, Always True To You In My Fashion, An Old Man, Anyone Can Whistle, What Would You Do?, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Broadway Baby, By The Sea, Cabaret, A Cockeyed Optimist, Could I Leave You?, Dance: Ten; Looks: Three, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, Funny Honey, Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm, He Wasn't You, The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball, How Are Things In Glocca Morra?, I Ain't Down Yet, I Cain't Say No, I Enjoy Being A Girl, I Got The Sun In The Morning, I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy, In Buddy's Eyes, The Lady is a Tramp, Look To The Rainbow, Losing My Mind, Send In The Clowns, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 2516b | 2 CDs | $22.95


Amabile Youth Singers : She Shall Have Music : 1 CD : Wendy Gee / Jacquelyn Norman

Amabile Youth Singers : She Shall Have Music

The young women of the Junior Amabile Singers, one of 7 choirs in the Amabile Choirs of London, Canada, are joined in this exploration of the hopes, desires and human experiences of today's young women by the Amabile Da Capo Choir, a training choir for the JAS. Artistic directors Jacquelyn Norman and Wendy Gee conduct them in this rich collection of 23 lightly accompanied songs. Favorites are the title tune, whose lyrics are from the nursery rhyme, "Ride a cock horse to Banbury cross," Darla Eshelman's "A Song from the Heart," Z. Randall Stroope's "The Poet Sings," Bob Chilcott's "The Lily and the Rose," Ed Robertson's "Sing a Song," Eugene Butler's "Music is My Life," Ruth Morris Gray's lilting, humorous "No Thank You, John," Ella Fitzgerald's "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," the Gershwins' "Someone to Watch Over Me," Billy Joel's "Lullabye" and Smokey Robinson's "My Guy." This is a poised, confident collection by one of the finest young women's ensembles in the world, beautiful, entertaining and moving.

Songlist: She Shall Have Music, To Be Young, A Song From The Heart, Think On Me, The Poet Sings, Dirait-On, The Lily And The Rose, Come To Me O My Love, Sing A Song, One Song, Just A Single Voice, Music Is My Life, He's Gone Away, Banks Of Doon, No Thank You John, Joan Of Arc, Give Us Hope, A-Tisket A-Tasket, Someone To Watch Over Me, Lullaby, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, My Guy, Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)

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8599c | 1 CD | $15.95 | Some a cappella


Individual Folios

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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend : SSA : Alan Billingsley : Jule Styne : 1 CD : 43204063 : 073999040630

Alan Billingsley : Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

(Billingsley) SSA

Arranger: Alan Billingsley | Composer: Jule Styne

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $2.25 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 43204063


Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend : SSA : Mark Hayes : Jule Styne : Marilyn Monroe : Gentlemen Prefer Blondes : Sheet Music : 35027121 : 884088476168

Mark Hayes : Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

Memorialized by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and more recently performed by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! this Broadway standard has now been superbly arranged by Mark Hayes. With lots of play between the women's voices, your choir will wow with this number. Mark has crafted a knockout SSA voicing for your ladies and written hot ensemble parts to allow you to involve your school orchestra. Available separately: SATB, SSA, StudioTrax CD, Digital Orchestration. Duration: ca. 3:26.

Arranger: Mark Hayes | Composer: Jule Styne Performed By: Marilyn Monroe | Musical: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $2.75 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 35027121 | Digital Version Available| Showtrax CD Available
Other Voicings: SATB, SATB

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