"Hope" is the thing with feathers (SATB) by Keaton Manwaring Sheet Music for SATB Choir at Sheet Music Direct
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"Hope" is the thing with feathers (SATB) Digital Sheet Music
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"Hope" is the thing with feathers (SATB)
by Keaton Manwaring SATB Choir - Digital Sheet Music

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Hope is such a powerful thing that can push us through the toughest of times. In this poem, Emily Dickinson calls "hope" a feathered thing. It perches in the soul and sings without stoping. The singing is at the loudest when things are at their worst. Although hope is the central theme to the poem, the harsh conditions that are described in the poem was the driving force while writing the music. Creating a sound for the "chillest day" and the storm that could not abash the little bird was what really inspired me to write this piece.

Something that stood out for me, was the use of dashes that breaks up the poem. I used rests to create these breaks. These rests are very deliberate to show these pauses of contemplation, almost struggling for the right words to describe a complex subject such as hope. At first the rests felt like a hindrance, where it felt natural for the music to flow, but now I cannot imagine the piece without it.

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