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justinmerritta london thoroughfare, 2am for tenor, horn, violin, & piano
A London Thoroughfare, 2 A.M.
They have watered the street,It shines in the glare of lamps,Cold, white lamps,And liesLike a slow-moving river,Barred with silver and black.Cabs go down it,One,And then another.Tramps doze on the window-ledges,Night-walkers pass along the sidewalks.The city is squalid and sinister,With the silver-barred street in the midst,Slow-moving,A river leading nowhere.
Opposite my window,The moon cuts,Clear and round,Through the plum-coloured night.She cannot light the city;It is too bright.It has white lamps,And glitters coldly.
I stand in the window and watch the moon.She is thin and lustreless,But I love her.I know the moon,And this is an alien city.
-Amy Lowell
commissioned byMicheal Ghast and Musical Offerings
on their 20th Anniversary
In 2000 composer Justin Merritt (bn. 1975) was the youngest-ever winner of the ASCAP Foundation/Rudolph Nissim Award for Janus Mask. He is also the winner of a host of other awards including the 2008-09 Copland Award, the 2008 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Prize for River of Blood, and the 2006 Polyphonos Prize.
He received his Bachelors from Trinity University and
his Masters and Doctorate from Indiana University. H e s t u d i e d composition with Samuel Adler, Sven-David Sandström, C l a u d e B a k e r, Timothy Kramer, Don F r e u n d , a n d e l e c t ro n i c a n d computer music with Jeffrey Hass. He is currently Assistant Professor of Composition at St. Olaf College. He resides in Northfield, Minnesota with his wife Yuedong and their children Cullen Fang Ouxiang and Molly Fang Qinghe.
“Several times I wrote "Wow!" next to a work being played...”
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Copyright 2003 (c) Justin Merritt (ASCAP)Published by JMKrause
All rights reserved
dedicated to Michael Gast and Musical Offerings on their 20th anniversary
A London Thoroughfare, 2 A.M.for tenor, horn, violin, & piano
Justin Merritt
Score in CDur: ca. 6 min.
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A London Thoroughfare 2AM - pg. 2
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