The Giver of Stars

Song TitleThe Giver of Stars (Search)
Composer(s):Jennifer Higdon
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman; LGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Amy Lowell
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman; LGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Lover; Bathing; Beauty; Beds; Begetting; Bleary; Clear; Comfort; Connections; Coolness; Expression of Love; Finding; Fire; Flames; Flickering; Givers; Holding; In Tune; Ivory; Joy; Life; Limbs; Loose; Love; Lovers; Metaphor: Soul as Flame; Metaphor: Speaker as Musical Instrument; Open; Outstretched; Peace; Play; Playing; Pouring; Power of Love; Quiet; Rest; Rippling; Rousing; Souls; Spirits; Stars; Stringing; Tight; Tongues; Touch; Trust; Trusting; Weary; Welcoming; World
First LineHold your soul open for my welcoming (Search)
Year of composition 2013 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://poets.org/poem/giver-stars
Larger WorkLove Sweet (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsImagism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://youtu.be/qDsibWuwVVI?t=224
Catalog DesignationNo. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: D4 - A5 (Search)
Premiered ByYungee Rhie (Search)
Commissioned BySongFest (Search)
NotesPremiered June 15, 2014, SongFest 2014, Colburn School, Los Angeles; Yungee Rhie, soprano; Itamar Zorman, violin; ???, cello; Liza Stepanova, piano (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceviolin, cello, and piano (Search)
ContributorGTM , Meghann Ashey (Search)
Contributor Affiliation Georgia Southern University (Search)
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