Alone
COMPOSER'S NOTE
Alone is part of a cycle of ten art songs on poems by James Joyce that I wrote during the winter and spring of 2019.
Alone is also available as part of a compilation:
Ten Poems of James Joyce (High Voice and Piano)
Ten Poems of James Joyce (Medium Voice and Piano)
THE TEXT
The moon’s soft golden meshes make
All night a veil;
The shore-lamps in the sleeping lake
Laburnum tendrils trail.
The sly reeds whisper in the night
A name—her name,
And all my soul is a delight,
A swoon of shame.
James Joyce, 1882 - 1941
James Joyce by Jacques-Émile Blanche
DURATION
3½ minutes
YEAR OF COMPOSITION
2019
CATEGORY
Solo Voice
VERSIONS
High Voice Solo and Piano
Medium Voice Solo and Piano
PERFORMING RIGHTS
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
PURCHASE SHEET MUSIC
US: TBA
World: TBA
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