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SEA-151-00 - Conductor’s Score
Sing Me Awake
Poem by Gregory Orr
SATB, piano, and string quartet OR string orchestra
Elizabeth Alexander
Seafarer Press
This is what was bequeathed us:
This earth the beloved left
And, leaving,
Left to us.
No other world
But this one:
Willows and the river
And the factory
With its black smokestacks.
No other shore, only this bank
On which the living gather.
No meaning but what we find here.
No purpose but what we make.
That, and the beloved’s clear instructions:
Turn me into song; sing me awake.
Gregory Orr
From How Beautiful the Beloved by Gregory Orr. Copyright © 2009 by Gregory Orr.
Used by permission of Copper Canyon Press. All rights reserved.
About the “beloved”Reprinted from Poet Gregory Orr:
Poetry Is ‘Concentrated Testimony’ of Being HumanPBS NewsHour, September 30, 2013 [Permission to reprint pending]
Poet Gregory Orr rhapsodizes on a theme he has explored for nearly a decade: the “beloved,” the things we
love.
Of course, what we love can change over time, he says. “It can make you crazy by...shifting from one thing to
another and yet, of course, that’s also dazzling,” he told the PBS NewsHour...
The “beloved” can be any object of affection: a person, a place, a pet. And it is within those targets of love —
and our relationships to them — that Orr finds meaning for his life. “Without any sense [of] the beloved, it
seems to me the world goes dead, or the world goes just to self, which is even worse,” Orr said.
The original inspiration was a phrase that sprung from his imagination: “the book that is the resurrection of
the body of the beloved, which is the world.” Orr envisioned a collection of all the poems and songs ever
written in the history of human existence. The invisible anthology’s purpose was to serve as human testimony
about “what it is like to be alive.”
The author of more than 10 collections of poetry and several volumes of essays, criticism, and memoir,
Gregory Orr is a master of the short, personal lyric. His poetry has been widely anthologized and translated
into at least 10 languages.
When Orr was 12, he accidentally killed his brother in a hunting accident, an event his family was never able to
talk about. His mother died soon thereafter, and Orr found in poetry the transformative power of language. His
near-death experience as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the civil
rights movement, in which he was jailed and severely beaten, contributes to the urgency with which his poems
seek transformation. In an NPR story on his craft, Orr states, “I believe in poetry as a way of surviving the
emotional chaos, spiritual confusions, and traumatic events that come with being alive.”
Orr has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. He has also been a Fulbright Scholar and a Rockefeller Fellow at the
Institute for the Study of Culture and Violence, and he received the Award in Literature from the American
Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. City of Salt (1995) was a finalist for the LA Times Book Award for
Poetry. He teaches at the University of Virginia, where he founded the MFA program in writing in 1975, and
served from 1978 to 2003 as poetry editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review.
Cover art:
“Swallow and Willows”
by Ella Sarini, a.k.a. Seisei
www.etsy.com/people/elikosar
Gregory Orr
With awe ( q = 84)
Conductor's ScoreCommissioned by St. Paul Vocal Forum, Karin Barrett conductor
SATB, string quartet and piano
Sing Me Awake
© 2019 by Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander
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Vla
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4
Vln I
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Vla
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Pno
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
pp
marcato
pp
marcato
pp
marcato
pizz.
p
pp
legato sempre
una corda poco a poco tre corde
mp pp
mp pp
mp pp
mp mf mp p
mp
poco a poco una corda
pp
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Vln I
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9
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
11
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
poco a poco tre corde
mf
mf
mf
mf
mf
pp
pp
pp
mp p
poco a poco una corda
p
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A
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
17
S
A
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
This
p
is what was be queathed
This
p
is what was be queathed
to us:
to us:
mf
mf
mf
mf
poco a poco tre corde
mf
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B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
23
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
This
p
is what
This
p
is what
pp
pp
pp
p
p
was be queathed to
was be queathed to
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B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
28
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
us:
mf
us:
mf
arco
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Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
33
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A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
This
mf
is what was be queathed
This
mf
is what was be queathed
This is what was be queathed
This is what was be queathed
mf
mf
mf
mf
mf
to us.
to us.
to us.
to us.
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Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
B38
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A
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B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
2
This
p
earth the be
This
p
earth the be
This
p
earth the be
This
p
earth the be
sfz p
sfz p
sfz p
sfz p
f p
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Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
44
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Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
lov ed left and, leav ing, left to
lov ed left and, leav ing, left to
lov ed left and, leav ing, left to
lov ed left and, leav ing, left to
us. The be lov ed left
us. The be lov ed left
us. The be lov ed left
us. The be lov ed
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Vln II
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Vc
Pno
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Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
this earth to us, to us.
this earth to us, to us.
this earth to us, to us.
left this earth to us, to us.
This
mf
is what
3
was be queathed to
This
mf
is what
3
was be queathed to
This
mf
is what was be queathed to
This
mf
is what was be queathed to
mf
mf
mf
mf
mf
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Sing Me Awake (SATB, string quartet and piano) - Conductor's Score 9
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Opal Palmer Adisa, poet • Paul Adams, technological hero • Stephen Alexander, lyric consultant • Ginny Allen,
Agile coach and friend • The great people at American Composers Forum • Yehuda Amichai, poet • A. R.
Ammons, poet • Jennifer Anderson, conductor and composer advocate • Scott Bates, poet • Abbie Betinis,
initiator of collaborative endeavors • Beth Norton, conductor and composer advocate • Dennis Blubaugh, more
than just a music dealer • Michael deVernon Boblett, poet • Edna Busby, my first piano teacher • Ray
Bradbury, writer • Augustin Cadena, translator • Norbert Capek, minister and advocate for religious freedom
Jessica Corbin, conductor and composer advocate • e. e. cummings, poet • Philip Dacey, poet • Catherine
Dalton, composer and scrum partner • Emily Dickinson, poet • Evelyn Dudley, poet and caregiver • Rob
Eller-Isaacs, minister and writer • Emily Ellsworth, conductor and composer advocate • Ralph Waldo Emerson,
philosopher and poet • Louise Erdrich, writer • David Allan Evans, poet • Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer • Richard M.
Fewkes, minister and writer • Pesha Gertler, poet • Jack Gallagher, composer and teacher • Paul Gerike,
proofreader • Jocelyn Hagen and Tim Takach, founders of Graphite Marketplace • Steve Harper, just about
everything • Steve Hawkins, web designer • Edie Hill, composer and friend • Langston Hughes, poet • Margaret
and George Alexander, parents • Mark Humphrey, piano technician • Karel Husa, composer and teacher • David
Ignatow, poet • Kabir, mystic • Linda Kachelmeier, composer and scrum partner • Ruth Palmer, conductor and
composer advocate • Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet • Paul Rardin, conductor and composer advocate • Kalidasa,
poet • Steve Kaul, recording engineer • Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher and poet
Dorothy Knost, piano teacher • Ben Krywosz, artistic director of Nautilus
Music-Theater • Denise Levertov, poet • George Ella Lyon, poet
Jonathan Machen, artist • Ruth MacKenzie, collaborative
vocalist • Dawna Markova, writer • Anne Matlack,
conductor and composer advocate • Nancy Menk,
conductor and composer advocate • Edna St. Vincent
Millay, poet • Jane Ramseyer Miller,
conductor, composer, social activist
• Joe Mish, conductor and composer
advocate • J. David Moore, composer
and friend • Lilian Moore, poet
Gerald Rich, poet • Carl Sandburg, poet
Jason Shelton, conductor, composer and
friend • King Sigismund III, religious
reformer • Ann Silsbee, composer, poet and
friend • Simon Alexander-Adams, sounding
board, fellow creative, and awesome son
Steven Stucky, composer and teacher
Rabindranath Tagore, poet • Sister Peronne
Marie Thibert, teacher and writer • Oliver
Alexander-Adams, unconventional thinker and
light of my life • Howard Thurman, civil rights
leader and writer • Everyone whose work supports
the Association for Unitarian Universalist Music
Ministries • Charles Varney, high school choral director
Ana Vonhuben, illustrator and graphic designer • Nancy White, poet
John Greenleaf Whittier, poet • Theodore Chickering Williams, poet • Daniel Winter, pianist and
teacher • Nancy Wood, poet • Yehudi Wyner, composer and teacher
A lot of hard work and creativity went into bringing this music to you...
...and some of it was even mine.
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purchased through any music store or dealer.
www.seafarerpress.comThe Music of Elizabeth Alexander
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generousweb designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer MichaeldeVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey,poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher,composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous webdesigner Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa,composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan WolfPrefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer StevenStucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer JohnGreenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood,poet Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret &George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet RayBradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike,proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill,composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen,artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet GeraldRich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood, poet Yehudi Wyner,composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis,composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper,technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King
Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generousweb designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer MichaeldeVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey,poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher,composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous webdesigner Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa,composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan WolfPrefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer StevenStucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer JohnGreenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood,poet Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret &George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet RayBradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike,proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill,composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen,artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet GeraldRich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood, poet Yehudi Wyner,composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis,composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper,technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King
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A
Vln I
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Vla
Vc
Pno
No
mp
oth er
3
world but this one:
No
mp
oth er
3
world but this one:
mp subito
mp subito
mp subito
mp subito
mp subito
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Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
65
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A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
No oth er
3
world, No oth er world but
No oth er
3
world, No oth er world but
No
mp
oth er
3
world, No oth er world but
No
mp
oth er
3
world, No oth er world but
3
3
this one
this one, but this one:
this, but this one: Wil lows and the
3
this one, but this one: Wil lows and the
3
p
p
p
3
p
p
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B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
71
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
riv er and
3
the fac to ry with its smoke stacks.
riv er and
3
the fac to ry with its smoke stacks.
3
No oth er world but this one: Wil lows and the riv er and the
3 3
No oth er world but this one: Wil lows and the riv er and the
3 3
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B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
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A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
smoke stacks black. No
mf
oth er
3
smoke stacks black.
No
mf
oth er
3
shore, no oth er
3
shore, no oth er
3
No
mf
oth er
3
shore, no oth er
3
shore, no oth er
3
shore, no oth er
3
No
mf
oth er
3
shore, no oth er
3
mf
mf
mf
mf
mf
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Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
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Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
shore,
shore,
shore, On ly this
3
shore, On ly this
3
On which the liv ing
On which the liv ing
bank on which the liv ing gath er, On which the liv ing
bank on which the liv ing gath er, On which the liv ing
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B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
87
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
gath er This is what
3
was be
gath er This is what
3
was be
gath er This is what
3
was be
gath er This is what
3
was be
queathed to us:
queathed to us:
queathed to us:
queathed to us:
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Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
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A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
No
mp
oth er
3
mean ing but what we
3
find here.
No
mp
oth er
3
mean ing but what we
3
find here.
niente
niente
mp
mp
mp
What
mp
we find here,
What
mp
we find here,
No oth er
3
pur pose but what we
3
No oth er
3
pur pose but what we
3
mp
mp
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B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
99
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
What we make here.
What we make here. No mean ing but what we
make, what we make, what we make.
make, what we make, what we make.
No mean ing but what we find, but what we make.
find here, no pur pose but what we make.
No pur pose but what we make.
No pur pose but what we make.
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Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
104
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Vc
Pno
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
That, and the be lov
mf
ed’s clear in
That, and the be lov
mf
ed’s clear in
That, and the be lov
mf
ed’s clear in
That, and the be lov
mf
ed’s clear in
mf
mf
mf
mf
mf
struc tions, and the be
3
lov ed’s clear in
struc tions, and the be
3
lov ed’s clear in
struc tions, and the be
3
lov ed’s clear in
struc tions, and the be
3
lov ed’s clear in
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Opal Palmer Adisa, poet • Paul Adams, technological hero • Stephen Alexander, lyric consultant • Ginny Allen,
Agile coach and friend • The great people at American Composers Forum • Yehuda Amichai, poet • A. R.
Ammons, poet • Jennifer Anderson, conductor and composer advocate • Scott Bates, poet • Abbie Betinis,
initiator of collaborative endeavors • Beth Norton, conductor and composer advocate • Dennis Blubaugh, more
than just a music dealer • Michael deVernon Boblett, poet • Edna Busby, my first piano teacher • Ray
Bradbury, writer • Augustin Cadena, translator • Norbert Capek, minister and advocate for religious freedom
Jessica Corbin, conductor and composer advocate • e. e. cummings, poet • Philip Dacey, poet • Catherine
Dalton, composer and scrum partner • Emily Dickinson, poet • Evelyn Dudley, poet and caregiver • Rob
Eller-Isaacs, minister and writer • Emily Ellsworth, conductor and composer advocate • Ralph Waldo Emerson,
philosopher and poet • Louise Erdrich, writer • David Allan Evans, poet • Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer • Richard M.
Fewkes, minister and writer • Pesha Gertler, poet • Jack Gallagher, composer and teacher • Paul Gerike,
proofreader • Jocelyn Hagen and Tim Takach, founders of Graphite Marketplace • Steve Harper, just about
everything • Steve Hawkins, web designer • Edie Hill, composer and friend • Langston Hughes, poet • Margaret
and George Alexander, parents • Mark Humphrey, piano technician • Karel Husa, composer and teacher • David
Ignatow, poet • Kabir, mystic • Linda Kachelmeier, composer and scrum partner • Ruth Palmer, conductor and
composer advocate • Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet • Paul Rardin, conductor and composer advocate • Kalidasa,
poet • Steve Kaul, recording engineer • Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher and poet
Dorothy Knost, piano teacher • Ben Krywosz, artistic director of Nautilus
Music-Theater • Denise Levertov, poet • George Ella Lyon, poet
Jonathan Machen, artist • Ruth MacKenzie, collaborative
vocalist • Dawna Markova, writer • Anne Matlack,
conductor and composer advocate • Nancy Menk,
conductor and composer advocate • Edna St. Vincent
Millay, poet • Jane Ramseyer Miller,
conductor, composer, social activist
• Joe Mish, conductor and composer
advocate • J. David Moore, composer
and friend • Lilian Moore, poet
Gerald Rich, poet • Carl Sandburg, poet
Jason Shelton, conductor, composer and
friend • King Sigismund III, religious
reformer • Ann Silsbee, composer, poet and
friend • Simon Alexander-Adams, sounding
board, fellow creative, and awesome son
Steven Stucky, composer and teacher
Rabindranath Tagore, poet • Sister Peronne
Marie Thibert, teacher and writer • Oliver
Alexander-Adams, unconventional thinker and
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Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generousweb designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer MichaeldeVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey,poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher,composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous webdesigner Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa,composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan WolfPrefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer StevenStucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer JohnGreenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood,poet Yehudi Wyner, composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret &George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis, composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet RayBradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike,proofreader Steve Harper, technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill,composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen,artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet GeraldRich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King Sigismund III, religious reformer Steven Stucky, composer/teacher Rabindranath Tagore, poet Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer John Greenleaf Whittier, poet Theodore Chickering Williams, poet Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher Nancy Wood, poet Yehudi Wyner,composer/teacher Paul Adams, technical advisor Opal Palmer Adisa, poet Margaret & George Alexander, parents Yehuda Amichai, poet Bjorn Arneson, generous web designer Scott Bates, poet Abbie Betinis,composer/colleague Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer Michael deVernon Boblett, poet Ray Bradbury, writer Norbert Capek, visionary e. e. cummings, poet Philip Dacey, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Evelyn Dudley, poet Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer Richard M. Fewkes, writer Pesha Gertler, poet Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer Jack Gallagher, composer/teacher Paul Gerike, proofreader Steve Harper,technical advisor Steve Hawkins, generous web designer Edie Hill, composer/colleague Langston Hughes, poet Mark Humphrey, piano technician Karel Husa, composer/teacher Kalidasa, poet Garrison Keillor, storyteller Denise Levertov, poet George Ella Lyon, poet Jonathan Machen, artist Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet J. David Moore, composer/colleague Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet Gerald Rich, poet Carl Sandburg, poet King
F110
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
112
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
Turn
f
me in to song,
Turn
f
me in to song, in to
Turn
f
me in to song, in to
Turn
f
me in to song, in to
f
f
f
f
f
Sing me a
3
wake.
song. Sing me a
3
wake.
song. Sing me a
3
wake.
song. Sing me a
3
wake.
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114
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
116
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
Turn me in to song,
Turn me in to song,
Oh, turn me in to
Oh, turn me in to
Sing me a
3
wake. Sing me a
3
Sing me a
3
wake. Sing me a
3
song. Sing me a
3
wake.
song. Sing me a
3
wake.
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118
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
120
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
wake, sing me a
3
wake, Sing me a
3
wake, sing me a
3
Sing me a
3
Sing me a
3
wake, Sing
mp (hauntingly, like an echo)
me a
wake, Sing
mp (hauntingly, like an echo)
me a
wake,
wake,
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122
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
124
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
wake.
wake.
Sing
mp (hauntingly, like an echo)
me a
Sing
mp (hauntingly, like an echo)
me a
mp
mp
mp
mp
mp
Sing me a
Sing me a
wake.
wake.
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126
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
128
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
wake.
wake.
Sing me a
Sing me a
Sing
p
me a
Sing
p
me a
wake. Sing
p
me a
wake. Sing
p
me a
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G130
S
A
T
B
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
133
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
wake.
wake.
wake.
wake.
pp
pp
pp
pp
p
mp pp
mp pp
mp pp
mp pp
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136
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
139
Vln I
Vln II
Vla
Vc
Pno
unobtrusive bow changes
niente
unobtrusive bow changes
niente
unobtrusive bow changes
niente
niente
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