Again and Again for Voice and Piano by Keane Southard

Keane Southard

Again and Again for

Voice and Piano

(2016) (Duration: c. 2 mins.)

Program notes: Again and Again is a setting of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem “Immer Wieder� in my own translation. It was written for my wife Diane, and the two of us performed the world premiere together, which I think is quite fitting.

Keane Southard 2016

Performance instructions: 1. Tenuto marks (-) over notes indicate more weight/stress on the note and does not indicate space to be placed in between that note and the next (unless the tenuto is combined with a staccato).

2. Unless otherwise indicated, the damper pedal (for the piano) should be used discreetly to allow for maximum clarity.

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For Diane

Again and Again

Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Keane Southard

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