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Additional Info
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ComposerJohn Harbison
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PublisherAssociated Music Publishers Inc
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ArrangementVoice/Ensemble (VCE/ENS)
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FormatScore and Parts
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Genre20th Century
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TextWilliam Carlos Williams
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LanguageEnglish
Description
For soprano and string quartet. The Rewaking is a setting of four poems by William Carlos Williams, in which the theme of "rewaking" from a winter of spirit is carried forward equally by all five performers. It begins with a string prelude, introducing many of the later vocal melodies. Two birds, the florid wood thrush and the obsessive woodpecker give rise to the "tragic winter thoughts." Then amid the buffeting of a storm, "the lady speaks" of endurance and persistence. The final answer is not to "come to the end of striving" but to extend time "indefinitely," which the final resolution seeks to do. — John Harbison. Movements: I. The Woodthrush II. To A Woodpecker III. The Lady Speaks IV. The Rewaking