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Sleep Song
While watching a beloved child slumber, a parent contemplates those things that sleep brings: a release from the drama of the day, deep cycles of breath, and complete authenticity.
Sleep Song is also available in the song collection A Love Like That: Songs of Unconditional Love.
Vocal Ranges: Low: b-e" / Medium: c'-f" / High: d'-g"
| Item | Instrumentation/Voicing | Duration | Level | Audio | Peruse | Delivery Method (Print vs. Digital) | Price | Quantity |
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| SEA-061-00 | Low voice, piano - Piano/Vocal Score | 4' | ME |
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Sheet Music | $7.00 | ||
| SEA-061-01 | Medium voice, piano - Piano/Vocal Score | 4' | ME |
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Sheet Music | $7.00 | ||
| SEA-061-02 | High voice, piano - Piano/Vocal Score | 4' | ME | https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/sleep_song_high_voice_1.mp3 |
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Sheet Music | $7.00 |
The small, disciplined form of "Sleep Song" - nine 9-syllable lines - is one which my friend and poet Ann Silsbee explored throughout her intimate book, "Naming the Disappeared."
What captured my musical imagination was the rhythm of breathing reflected in this poem, a rhythm of which singers are viscerally aware. What captured my spirit was nearly the same thing: the beauty, power and vulnerability of breath itself, that most basic sign of life.
Premiere: Carol Harris and Elizabeth Alexander (St. Paul, MN)
Briana Moynihan and Benton Schmidt (Minneapolis, MN)
Harriet McCleary and Pam Sohriakoff (Minneapolis and Bloomington, MN)
Kelly Blackmarr Carlile (Savannah, GA)
Kristen Parkand Bill Cowdery (Ithaca, NY)
Mark Lawrence and Bill Cowdery (Ithaca, NY)
Penney Kimbell and Sarah Meneely‑Kyder. Memorial Concert for Ann Silsbee (Ithaca and New York City, NY)
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