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Letter to Lydia – soprano, bass, electric guitar, keyboard
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Letter to Lydia – soprano, bass, electric guitar, keyboard by David Warin Solomons Small Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

By David Warin Solomons
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Small Ensemble Bass Guitar,High Voice,Piano,Synthesizer - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.577154

Composed by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary,Pop. 28 pages. David Warin Solomons #2043859. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.577154).

This is a "modernized" version of my song Letter to Lydia, arranged originally for the New Zealand group "Chocolate Ice".
The poet, David Andrew is writing to his daughter Lydia considering how she is viewing her future. The original version (for alto, flute, classical guitar and cello - with a live performance by the composer - and other versions are also available on this site.
The sound sample here is an electronic preview,
since Chocolate Ice broke up before they had a chance to play it.
The pdf file contains score and parts.

The poem is:

You have your own dreaming,
I cannot follow
where another mind
sums up the quiet
arithmetic of the day.
Growing there,
where none can reach you,
making of the going days
the stuff of yourself.

I can only watch,
remembering in you
the art of empty tomorrows,
written all over
with impulse.

Nor can I tell
how many times
you will fall;
only be there
to help you survive
your desires.

Oh I will spend with you
ev'ry wish
as you go the long way
through sorrow.

For you can only
find for yourself
how the magic arithmetic
suddenly adds up.
Now time will come
for you soon enough;
the day wake in your eyes.
So sleep as long as you can,
gathering there
the necessary and private
ways of enduring.

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