The Giver of Stars

The Giver of Stars (Medium-low voice & piano)

Daniel Gilliam

The Giver of Stars for medium-low voice and piano Hold your soul open for my welcoming.

Let the quiet of your spirit bathe me With its clear and rippled coolness, That, loose-limbed and weary, I find rest, Outstretched upon your peace, as on a bed of ivory.

Let the flickering flame of your soul play all about me, That into my limbs may come the keenness of fire, The life and joy of tongues of flame, And, going out from you, tightly strung and in tune, I may rouse the blear-eyed world, And pour into it the beauty which you have begotten.

Amy Lowell (1874-1925) This work was composed while in residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Duration: 2:00

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The Giver of Stars Amy Lowell (1874-1925)

Daniel Gilliam

Longing = 63 Voice

Hold

Piano

your soul

o - pen

for

my wel - com -

sustained

4

- ing,

Let

the qui - et of your spi - rit

bathe

me

poco rit.

7

With

its

clear

and rip - pled cool - ness,

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that loose - limbed and

2

a tempo 11

wea - ry,

I

nd rest,

rit.

Out

-

streched u - pon your peace,

as

a tempo

15

on a bed

of

i - vo - ry.

Let

the

ick - e - ring

ame

of your

19

soul

play

all a - bout me,

That

in - to my limbs

may

3

molto rit.

22

come

the keen - ness of

re,

The

life

and joy

of

a tempo 25

tongues

of

ame,

And, go - ing out from you,

tight - ly strung

29

and in tune,

I may

rouse

the

blear

-

-

eyed

4

32

world,

And

34

pour

in - to

it

the

rallentando al ne

beau

-

ty

which you have be - got - ten.

March 1, 2020 Atlantic Center for the Arts New Smyrna Beach, Florida