So Many Corners (Rose Ausländer)
soprano, chamber orchestra (2232, 2200, timp, perc, pno, cel, hp, strings)
soprano, piano - SEA-040-00 - $10.00/piano-vocal scoresoprano, chamber orchestra - SEA-040-01 - $40.00/full score
soprano, chamber orchestra - SEA-040-02 - part rental (contact Seafarer Press for price)
20 minutes First Prize, National Federation of Music Clubs Devora Nadworney Award
Seven songs of longing, loss and love, on poems by Rose Ausländer, who spent the Second World War in the Czernowitz ghetto. Ausländer's poems speak volumes using very few words, which Alexander sets to music with delicacy, ferocity and compassion.
Note: "So Many Corners" was originally composed for soprano and piano, and was later scored for soprano and orchestra.
Soprano range: a-b"
An Ark of Stars (Rose Ausländer)
soprano, 2232, 2200, timp, perc, pno, cel, hp, strings
SEA-040-03 - $20.00/full scoreSEA-040-04 - $35.00/part rental
3 minutes
The powerful second movement of So Many Corners, which may be performed on its own.
Three Rose Ausländer Songs (Rose Ausländer)
soprano, percussion, piano/celeste, harp, strings
SEA-040-05 - $20.00/full scoreSEA-040-06 - $50.00/part rental
8 minutes
The three central songs from So Many Corners, which are scored for a smaller ensemble.
So Many Corners
Seven Rose Ausländer songs
I. It Is Said (opening)
It is said
the ocean is round
the earth is round
the sky is round
Can
so much roundness
have so many corners
II. The Ark
In the ocean
waits
an ark
of stars
for the
surviving
ashes
after the fireflood
III. Love
We will find each other again
in the lake
you as water
I as lotus blossom
You will carry me
I will drink you
We will belong to each other
in everyone's eyes
Even the stars
will wonder:
here two people
have changed back
into their dream
that has chosen them
IV. It Is Said (interlude)
It is said
the ocean is round
the earth is round
the sky is round
Can
so much roundness
have so many corners
V. We Share
Bereft of our land
our familiar things
Not another word about it
Our dead
intact
live with us
We share with them
our unforgettable
earth
VI. Mist
In the time of mist
born of mist
mist-clouded
words
In the mist
flags lose
their colors
seem
almost
white
VII. It Is Said (conclusion)
It is said
the ocean is round
the earth is round
the sky is round
Can
so much roundness
have so many corners
Copyright by the author. Translations by Ingeborg Wald. Reprinted by permission of Helmut Braun.
Seven Rose Ausländer songs
I. It Is Said (opening)
It is said
the ocean is round
the earth is round
the sky is round
Can
so much roundness
have so many corners
II. The Ark
In the ocean
waits
an ark
of stars
for the
surviving
ashes
after the fireflood
III. Love
We will find each other again
in the lake
you as water
I as lotus blossom
You will carry me
I will drink you
We will belong to each other
in everyone's eyes
Even the stars
will wonder:
here two people
have changed back
into their dream
that has chosen them
IV. It Is Said (interlude)
It is said
the ocean is round
the earth is round
the sky is round
Can
so much roundness
have so many corners
V. We Share
Bereft of our land
our familiar things
Not another word about it
Our dead
intact
live with us
We share with them
our unforgettable
earth
VI. Mist
In the time of mist
born of mist
mist-clouded
words
In the mist
flags lose
their colors
seem
almost
white
VII. It Is Said (conclusion)
It is said
the ocean is round
the earth is round
the sky is round
Can
so much roundness
have so many corners
Copyright by the author. Translations by Ingeborg Wald. Reprinted by permission of Helmut Braun.