Love's Philosophy for women's chorus and piano
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text by Percy Bysshe Shelley music by Braeden Ayres
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Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and mingle. Why not I with thine?— See the mountains kiss high heaven And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea: What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?
From the composer: Sometimes, when lightning strikes, time slows to a crawl and allows you to be witness to each millisecond. In the world of art music, Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, 'Love's Philosophy' is most known though the fantastic setting by the English composer Roger Quilter. Quilter's setting is rapturous and lively, capturing the ecstatic feeling of being swept away by love; however, in my setting, I have endeavored to capture another component of romance: the slow motion unfolding of a moment. I imagine this piece occupying the few seconds that hang in between the moment when two people's eyes lock and their first kiss. About the composer: Braeden Ayres is a composer, conductor, and instructor of vocal music. Ayres’s repertoire varies widely, with pieces written especially for the developing voice, high school choirs, and collegiate/professional ensembles. In the past year, Ayres was a finalist in the Raymond S. Brock Student Composition Competition, and took 2nd place in the SWACDA Graduate Choral Conducting Competition. He is an inaugural board member of the Colorado Middle School All-State choir, and his works have premiered at local, state, and international choral festivals. Ayres was recently named the University of Northern Colorado's "Student Innovator of the Year" and awarded the UNC Spark Prize for his design of a new "'intelligent' rhythm-teaching smartphone app," which is currently in development. Ayres graduated cum laude in 2011 from the Baylor University School of Music in Waco, Texas with a Bachelor’s of Choral Music Education degree, and is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Northern Colorado. Ayres is a member of the national and state-level chapters of ACDA, NAFME, ASCAP, and the Society of Composers, Inc.
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Love's Philosophy Premiered April 23, 2017 by the University Singers of the University of Northern Colorado, Mary Chapin Durling, conductor.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
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Love's Philosophy
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Love's Philosophy
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kiss high hea-ven
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Love's Philosophy
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if it di - sdain'd
its
bro-ther!
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clasps
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clasps
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the earth
the earth
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and the moo-nbeams
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and the moo-nbeams
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kiss
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kiss
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the sea;
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the
sea;
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œ ˙. œ œ œ œ Œ Ó Œ ? œ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙.
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Love's Philosophy
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thou
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thou
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kiss
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work
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not
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sweet
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sweet
this
kiss
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