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Jennifer K. Bellor
Time's Arrest for solo vibraphone
Duration: 1 and 1/2 minutes Program Note I was inspired to write this piece after reading this beautiful poem "Now" by poet Robert Browning (1812-1889): "Now" Out of your whole life give but one moment! All of your life that has gone before, All to come after it, – so you ignore, So you make perfect the present, – condense, In a rapture of rage, for perfection’s endowment, Thought and feeling and soul and sense – Merged in a moment which gives me at last You around me for once, you beneath me, above me – Me – sure that despite of time future, time past, – This tick of our life-time’s one moment you love me! How long such suspension may linger? Ah, Sweet – The moment eternal – just that and no more – When ecstasy’s utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut and lips meet!
Time's Arrest was recorded by Tim Jones for my debut album "Stay" released August 21, 2016.
Copyright © 2015 BellorMusic (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.
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Time's Arrest Jennifer K. Bellor (ASCAP)
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