Self-Lament (Ibycus) - Crys Armbrust

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"Original setting of 1967 text by Sheelah Clarkson, originally published in POEM."

⌛ Period → 20th Century

◈ Genre / Form Art songs

♯ Key B minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSAA

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range E3 – G7

¶ Language → English

Measures 54

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 7

CPDL # 29932

Editor Crys Armbrust

Posted 2013-08-23

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

S. I

F#4 – G7

S. Ii

B3 – G5

A. I

F#3 – E5

A. Ii

E3 – B4

¶Lyrics / Text

Ibycus can’t hear cranes. Neither can I hear your words when I am silenced by thoughts of you. Sometimes your young laughter basks on laurelled mountains and I remember many nights spent in silence under the warmth of hurdling stars. I cannot bear to listen to the frail words you speak. To touch you is to touch Dryope. I cannot abide you. I am too full of your wondrous heart.

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