Cloths of Heaven for SA and piano by
Nathan Jones poem by
W.B. Yeats
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Cloths of Heaven for SA and piano by Nathan
Jones
poem by William Butler Yeats
Š 2018 Nathan Jones Music Publishing  This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
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Oklahoman Nathan Jones (b. 1983) is a composer of art music published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Walton Music, GIA Publications, Southern Music Company, G. Schirmer, and MusicSpoke. A devoted admirer of the beauty and deep emotional connection of the human voice, Nathan enjoys working with poetry. His choral music has been performed in Europe, Southeast Asia and throughout the United States. The American Record Guide has described his music as a “…feast of succulent modern harmonies." Frequently commissioned by choirs and wind ensembles of all abilities, Nathan’s style is earnest, melodic, and defined by elegant simplicity. His choral work, I would live in your love, was recorded by The Westminster Choir under the direction of Joe Miller and is commercially available.
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Cloths of Heaven Cloths of Heaven Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. — William Butler Yeats
from The Wind Among the Reeds, New York: J. Lane, The Bodley Head, 1899. This poem is in the public domain.
from the composer— “Cloths of Heaven,” is a poem that I have, over the years, returned to time and again with a desire to set to music and a commission from the Mt. Holyoke College Glee Club presented me this opportunity. I paired the poem’s aching expression of utter selflessness and loyalty with a beautiful, simple and longing melodic line. The piece was premiered under the direction of Dr. Stephanie L. Council on March 24, 2018, in South Hadley, MA. — Nathan Jones September 2018
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Cloths of Heaven
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
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Nathan Jones (ASCAP)
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