Name: As Adam Early in the Morning by Shase Leland Hernandez Vocal Duet Digital Sheet Music
Brand: SLH Music
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As Adam Early in the Morning
by Shase Leland Hernandez Vocal Duet - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title As Adam Early in the Morning

Artist Shase Leland Hernandez

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Shase Leland Hernandez

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 5

Arrangement Vocal Duet

Publisher SLH Music

Level 3

Product ID 1105988

Genre Contemporary

Instruments Voice

Product Description

When I read Whitmans text I immediately observed a male-centricity to it. It was inevitably for this reason that I had originally decided to set it. In his poem I perceived the first few lines ("As Adam early in the morning walking forth from the bower refreshd with sleep.") as an omniscient narrator. Following this, however, I feel that the voice of the poem switches to a more intimate first-person view. In my setting for soprano I wanted to allow the roles to be reversed and have the musical setting convey Eve's urging of Adam to, "be not afraid." I have rather ironically introduced a hypocrisy to my original intention when I decided to have my friend Chris Ramos sing this piece. The objective of stripping away the male centered viewpoint was inevitably shifted back into Whitmans original intent. As such, depending on who sings this piece the entire meaning, in my mind, changes.

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