5 Songs for Soprano and Piano
on poems by Emily Dickinson
Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company
Catalog Number
8569
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Description
“In Reverence” is the composer’s earliest published song cycle, composed while a student at the Yale School of Music. Emily Dickinson’s poems speak of prayer, everlasting life, Heaven, and other spiritual subjects, hence the title of the cycle. Dickinson’s poems approach these serious subjects with reverence, but also with humor and hope, all aspects reflected in the music of these songs.
Texts
1 – It is an honorable Thought
2 – Lightly stepped a yellow star
3 – Prayer is the little implement
4 – Papa above!
5 – The grave my little cottage is
Year of Composition
1985
Duration
8 minutes
Dedication
Stephen and Elizabeth Dubberly
First Performance
Fall, 1986
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Karen Burlingame, soprano
Juliana Hall, piano
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Karen Burlingame, soprano
Juliana Hall, piano
It is an honorable Thought
Lightly stepped a yellow star
Prayer is the little implement
Papa above!
The grave my little cottage is
Watch
Nadine Benjamin, soprano
Nicole Panizza, piano
In Reverence: It is an honorable Thought
In Reverence: Lightly Stepped a Yellow Star
In Reverence: Prayer Is the Little Implement
In Reverence: Papa Above!
In Reverence: The Grave My Little Cottage Is