"A cricket sang and set the sun" for solo marimba, by Blake Tyson
"A cricket sang and set the sun" for solo marimba, by Blake Tyson
This work takes its title from an Emily Dickinson poem that begins, "The cricket sang, And set the sun." When I read these words, I was moved by the powerful ideas they evoked. It was not just the image of a beautiful and slowly shifting sunset that struck me, but the idea that something so small could affect something so large, that a cricket's song could transform day into night. Although the piece is not directly based on the poem, I have tried to capture the sense of fascination, inspiration and beauty that these opening lines create.
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Submitted by Blake T on Nov 27, 2009
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