Catherine Neville

Dreams/Take Heart

Year: 2020

Duration (in minutes): 4 min

Difficulty: Medium (college/community)

Category: solo voice(s) with piano

Video Links: https://youtu.be/IySfTe_BPJw

Score PDF: dreams.take_heart_-_full_score-5.pdf

Description: An art song for soprano and piano using poetry by Langston Hughes, "Dreams," published 1922, and "Take Heart," Madison Julius Cawein, published 1913. Composed in March of 2020, this song is a reminder to us all that spring will come again.
Dreams - BY LANGSTON HUGHES
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Take Heart - BY MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN
Take heart again. Joy may be lost awhile.
It is not always Spring.
And even now from some far Summer Isle
Hither the birds may wing.

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