APRIL

APRIL

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Scoring & Instrumentation
SATB Choir and Piano
Alternate Title
APRIL
Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
4
Movements

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Files & Media

Audio
HallApril.mp3
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Description

Composer's Note:

April is based on a text by W.S. Merwin, from his collection “The Lice”. The composition of this work was a case in point for my relationship to the poetry of Merwin, for--having set much Merwin in the past-- I was deliberately going through the works of a number of other poets. However, this poem jumped out at me in a way that numerous other Merwin poems have and I had no other choice, as the music started as well. Specifically, the music was almost immediately inspired by the line “April April”, and I took the liberty of using it as a recurring refrain. Other musical devices inspired by the poem include lengthy solo melismas, and staggered entrances on the words “Sinks” and “You”.

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Recording

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Text Language - Non English

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Text Source/Author
W. S. Merwin, from 'The Lice' used by permission of publisher
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Ensemble Type
choral accompanied
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Instrument
chorus mixed (SATB) , piano
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