GIA Publications

Winter

Jake Runestad

Text Author: Todd Boss

Item #: JR0084 Status: Available

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Vocal Forces: SATB with divisi

Separate Instruments: Cello

Difficulty Level: M/D

Description:

"Winter" is extracted from the multi-movement work “Cello Songs,” commissioned by Doug Bella and David Hunt for St. Charles Singers in memory of Doris J. Hunt. On my living room wall, I have a letterpress broadside of the poem “Cello” by Dorianne Laux. Its central image is a dead tree, fallen into the arms of a living one. As years pass, it “…rubs its fallen body / against the living, building / its dead music / making its raw mark, / wearing the tough bough down / as it moans and bends, the deep / rosined bow sound of the living / shouldering the dead.” Todd Boss, a frequent collaborator of mine, has created a new text inspired by Dorianne’s poem specifically for this musical setting.

Number of Pages: 12

Format: Octavo