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City Dusk
for Baritone Solo & String Quartet

Text by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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TITLE
City Dusk

DURATION
8 Minutes

YEAR OF COMPOSITION
2022

INSTRUMENTATION
Baritone Solo & String Quartet

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

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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