T82-C2002-4
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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep for SATB choir a cappella (2002)
text by Mary Elizabeth Frye
DENNIS TOBENSKI This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
D ENNIS TOBENSKI
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep for SATB choir a cappella (2002)
Text by Mary Elizabeth Frye
Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there. I did not die.
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Dennis Tobenski: DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP for SATB choir a cappella Copyright © 2015 by Tobenski Music Press, New York All rights reserved Text of “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep” by Mary Elizabeth Frye is in the public domain. This edition first published in 2015 by Tobenski Music Press 31-52 36th St., #3F Astoria, NY 11106 ISMN 979-0-800070-08-2 Distributed by MusicSpoke www.musicspoke.com
Premiere: 26 March 2002 University Galleries Illinois State University Normal, IL ISU Fine Arts Festival 2003 Illinois State University Madrigal Singers Dr. James Major
Duration: ca. 3 min.
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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep MARY ELIZABETH FRYE (1905 — 2004)
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2002)
q = 70
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sleep. Copyright © 2002 by Dennis Tobenski. All Rights reserved.
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6
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7
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not
die.
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die.
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ca. 2'45"
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