Now Close the Windows
Composer:
Leonard Mark Lewis
Date Completed:
May 2002
Premiere Date:
October 5, 2002
Premiering Conductor:
Brent Baldwin
Premiering Ensemble:
Vox Dubois
Premiere Venue:
Austin, TX, USA
Audio Sample:
Composer Notes:
Duration:
3'55"
Language:
English
Choral Voicing:
SATB Divisi:
Alto (minimal)
Bass (minimal)
Solo requirement:
N/A
Text Source:
Poet Text:
Now close the windows and hush all the fields:
If the trees must, let them silently toss;
No bird is singing now, and if there is,
Be it my loss.
It will be long ere the marshes resume,
I will be long ere the earliest bird:
So close the windows and not hear the wind,
But see all wind-stirred.
Significant Seasons or Days:
N/A
Significant Seasons or Days (other):
any concert
Keyboard accompaniment:
N/A
Instruments:
N/A Contact for performance materials:
Contact composer at:
leonardmlewis@gmail.com
website: www.leonardmlewis.viviti.com
Scoring notation:
Standard notation
Score Sample:
Difficulty Level:
3 