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City Dusk
for Baritone Solo & String Quartet

Text by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The Great Gatsby" Original Dust Cover by Francis Cugat (1925)

"The Great Gatsby" Original Dust Cover by Francis Cugat (1925)

City Dusk by Henry Dehlinger

TITLE
City Dusk

DURATION
8 Minutes

YEAR OF COMPOSITION
2022

INSTRUMENTATION
Baritone Solo & String Quartet

LICENSING
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

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COMPOSER'S NOTE

I composed City Dusk for my friend baritone Kerry Wilkerson, which he requested for the Berkshire High Peaks Festival in Great Barrington, MA. The theme of the festival was the “Roaring Twenties” and the artistic frenzy that characterized that iconic decade.

What better text could I set than a beautifully noir poem by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

TEXT

Come out . . . . out
To this inevitable night of mine
Oh you drinker of new wine,
Here's pageantry . . . . Here's carnival,
Rich dusk, dim streets and all
The whispering of city night . . . . 

I have closed my book of fading harmonies,
(The shadows fell across me in the park)
And my soul was sad with violins and trees,
And I was sick for dark,
When suddenly it hastened by me, bringing
Thousands of lights, a haunting breeze,
And a night of streets and singing . . . . 

I shall know you by your eager feet
And by your pale, pale hair;
I'll whisper happy incoherent things
While I'm waiting for you there . . . . 

All the faces unforgettable in dusk
Will blend to yours,
And the footsteps like a thousand overtures
Will blend to yours,
And there will be more drunkenness than wine
In the softness of your eyes on min . . . . 

Faint violins where lovely ladies dine,
The brushing of skirts, the voices of the night
And all the lure of friendly eyes . . . . Ah there
We'll drift like summer sounds upon the summer air . . . . 

F. Scott Fiztgerald (1896-1940)

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