JULIANA HALL | AMERICAN ART SONG COMPOSER

PARADISE

PARADISE
7 Songs for Soprano and Piano

on poems by Emily Dickinson

Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company

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Text
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

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Duration
23′ 00″

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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

I sing to use the Waiting

I’ve heard an Organ talk, sometimes

Why – do they shut Me out of Heaven?

At least – to pray – is left – is left

Teach Him – When He makes the names

What is – “Paradise”

Tie the Strings to my Life, My Lord