When I found the poem (as with all great findings, by accident :) ) it resonated with me, and I quickly found myself humming a melody to it. It's my first composition for a piano, clarinet, cello trio.
The piece is conceived as an elaborate harmonization of a single note ("e"). Throughout the first verse you can hum the note "e" to the melody. After a modulation the text is repeated and the pedal note becomes the note "f".
Enjoy!
- Do not stand at my grave and weep,
- I am not there; I do not sleep.
- I am a thousand winds that blow,
- I am the diamond glints on snow,
- I am the sun on ripened grain,
- I am the gentle autumn rain.
- When you awaken in the morning’s hush
- I am the swift uplifting rush
- Of quiet birds in circling flight.
- I am the soft starlight at night.
- Do not stand at my grave and cry,
- I am not there; I did not die.
I had no idea that you had only recently come to know re: that poem. I'm very glad that you happened upon it. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this would be "sacrilege" or not (plus am not sure how the instrumentation would sound)... anyway... I was wondering if you would send me a copy of this. Cello part- into alto clef (as before- lol!) and this is the part that might not totally work 100% "tone" wise, but... oboe part as violin (which evidently will work as written- I had to double check to see if oboe was a Bb instrument- and yay- it is not).
ReplyDeleteSo... :O I know- changing piano, oboe, cello to piano, violin, viola :O - completely pushing things. lol! Well... piano is the same at least. ;)