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After Long Busyness (1995/2026)

for Soprano with Ensemble or Piano

Soprano with Piano; or Flute or Oboe and Clarinet;
or Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello or Bassoon or Bass Clarinet

Duration: 1 minute

Program Note
I wrote this song to a short poem by Robert Bly in the fall of 1995 as I was preparing for a thousand-mile hiking trip across France and Spain. At its first performance, it formed the final part of a vocal triptych together with "Evening Prayer" and an arrangement of Daniel Belknap's "Summer."



Premiere:
Ensemble
Todd Tarantino, conductor
Kerry Towne, soprano

30 November 1995
Greenwall Music Workshop
Benninton, Vermont

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Score

Ensemble Version
Score
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Score
Soprano and Piano
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