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

 

III. We Learned the Whole of Love

for Voice and Piano
duration 2½'

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

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

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Joyce Andrews, Soprano, Esther Wang, Piano
(live recording of World Premiere) (404k mp3)

First Page of Score

 



 

 
Text:
We learned the Whole of Love—
The Alphabet—the Words—
A Chapter—then the mighty Book—
Then—Revelation closed—

But in Each Other's eyes
An Ignorance beheld—
Diviner than the Childhood's—
And each to each, a Child— Attempted to expound
What Neither—understood—
Alas, that Wisdom is so large—
And Truth—so manifold!

                                Emily Dickinson (ca. 1862)