PERUSALSCORE
for2Sopranos,Mezzo-Soprano DoubleBass,andPiano
Music&by&RENE&ORTH
Text&by&ELLEN&FRANKEL
CommissionedbytheWomen’sSacredMusicProject (2016) c.20min
PERUSALSCORE
Mothers of Moses
PERUSALSCORE
for2Sopranos,Mezzo-Soprano DoubleBass,andPiano
Music&by&RENE&ORTH
Text&by&ELLEN&FRANKEL
CommissionedbytheWomen’sSacredMusicProject (2016) c.20min
Mothers of Moses
Dedicated to Margaret M. Healy, Retired President of Rosemont College, in thanksgiving for long term, enthusiastic, and generous support of the Women's Sacred Music Project
Pno. A p cry
mp M.S. [Yocheved]
in thenight isitmy son,yearning - for my breast?
oraneighbor - not so blessed, whosesontheydrowned?
[Yocheved]
Iwhocry in thenight,A pp fraid - my baby - mightbetray, - Giveus all a way. - to
IV. Miriam's Prayer
Lined with bitu - men, - smeared with pitch. I
tilit came to rest along - theriver - side - wherePharaoh's - house came to
Achi ld- weep ing. I pi tied- him,"oneofthe He brew's- children."
He knewnotthisboy was hisdoom.
Orth: Mothers of Moses JAT-166-024-SP