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Remember
​SATB | 4' 

In a conducting class one day, we sang through a choral setting of a setting of Christina Rossetti's Remember, filled with beautiful, lush harmonies throughout. The lesson of the day was that this was a "bad" setting, ignoring the meaning of the text. I then sought to produce a more faithful setting that explores the themes of pain and loss expressed, keeping in mind Rossetti's struggle with depression. While I end the piece with an uplifting tone, the journey to get there explores a wide range of emotions expressed by subtle shifts of harmony, dynamics, and tempo. This piece was a finalist in the 2015 Ithaca Choral Composition Contest, performed by the East Lyme High School chorus directed by Anthony Maiese.
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​Remember
by Christina Rossetti

Remember me when I am gone away,
         Gone far away into the silent land;
         When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
         You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
         Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
         And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
         For if the darkness and corruption leave
         A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
         Than that you should remember and be sad.

This poem is in the public domain.
Copyright © 2023 Ian Michael Good          
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