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Three New England Songs     I.  II. III.
(total duration 8')
 
 

I. To Lose Thee

for Voice and Piano

duration 1½'

Recording: "Emily Dickinson Songs", Joyce Andrews
(Capstone CPS-8720)

Composed for: Joyce Andrews
World Premiere: 1998, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Play Audio Excerpt
Joyce Andrews, Soprano, Esther Wang, Piano
(live recording of World Premiere) (379k mp3)

First Page of Score

 



 
Text:
 
 
To lose thee—sweeter than to gain
All other hearts I knew.
' Tis true the drought is destitute,
But then, I had the dew!

The Caspian has its realms of sand,
Its other realm of sea;
Without the sterile perquisite
No Caspian could be.

                                        Emily Dickinson (ca. 1896)