PARADISE

PARADISE
7 Songs for Soprano and Piano
on poems by Emily Dickinson

Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company

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1 – I sing to use the Waiting
2 – I’ve heard an Organ talk, sometimes
3 – Why – do they shut Me out of Heaven?
4 – At least – to pray – is left – is left
5 – Teach Him – When He makes the names
6 – What is – “Paradise”
7 – Tie the Strings to my Life, My Lord

Vocal Range C 4 : B-flat 5	Duration 23′ 00″
Vocal Tessitura C 5 : G 5

Year of Composition 1999	First Performance April 29, 2001 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT
	First Performers Patricia Prunty, soprano Juliana Hall, piano

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Patricia Prunty, soprano
Juliana Hall, piano

1 – I sing to use the Waiting

2 – I’ve heard an Organ talk, sometimes

3 – Why – do they shut Me out of Heaven?

4 – At least – to pray – is left – is left

5 – Teach Him – When He makes the names

6 – What is – “Paradise”

7 – Tie the Strings to my Life, My Lord