DAVID LANG
MANIFESTO
FOR MALE CHOIR SCORE
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manifesto was commissioned by Cantus Vocal Ensemble for a concert about love. It is a subject I am very curious about, and, as I so often do, I went to the internet to find out more. In the hopes of finding the essential qualities of a loving relationship, I ended up searching for things that people say they look for in a romantic partner I searched the phrase “I want to be with someone who… ” and then assembled the text out of the auto-completions. Not all of them – not the ones that were insulting to other people or were pornographic, or were unique to a certain culture or nationality or religion. I really only wanted to find the answers that seemed most universal. I was hoping to imagine a larger community of people, all actively in search of love, listing the characteristics of lovers they could believe in. And because it ended up reading like a statement of belief I called it manifesto
manifesto should last a little more than 4 minutes
manifesto words and music by david lang
I want to be with someone who won’t get tired of me who wants to be with me for who I am who will never leave me
I want to be with someone who is actually afraid to lose me who values open communication who really knows me
I want to be with someone who cares about me, supports me, encourages me who makes my heart jump when I hear their key in the door who wants to be with me
who is exactly what I’ve said I always wanted who accepts me for who I am
who I find so interesting and exciting and understands my thinking who’s going to be healthy for the long haul who is smarter than that, with more depth and more soul who feels the same way who won’t clip my wings