An Ark of Stars (Rose Ausländer)
soprano, 2232, 2200, timp, perc, pno, cel, hp, strings
SEA-040-03 - $20.00/full scoreSEA-040-04 - part rental (contact Seafarer Press for price)
3 minutes First Prize, National Federation of Music Clubs Devora Nadworney Award (So Many Corners)
This 3-minute movement from So Many Corners is showpiece for a dynamic soprano. The simple words of Rose Ausländer, who spent the Second World War in the Czernowitz ghetto, speak volumes about hope and restoration, and Elizabeth Alexander's musical setting pours forth with delicacy, ferocity and compassion.
An Ark of Stars
In the ocean
waits
an ark
of stars
for the
surviving
ashes
after the fireflood
Copyright by the author. Translations by Ingeborg Wald. Reprinted by permission of Helmut Braun.
In the ocean
waits
an ark
of stars
for the
surviving
ashes
after the fireflood
Copyright by the author. Translations by Ingeborg Wald. Reprinted by permission of Helmut Braun.