1972

Dream Variation

Composed by Dorothy Rudd Moore

From the Dark Tower Song Collection

"Dream Variation" is the sixth song in Dorothy Rudd Moore's song cycle From the Dark Tower for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano.

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“Dream Variation” (from From the Dark Tower)
Daveda Karanas, mezzo-soprano; Michael Ippolito, piano; Karla Hamelin, cello1:58

Dorothy Rudd Moore

Composer

Langston Hughes

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

University of California, Irvine, Winifred Smith Hall

Location

This recording was part of a 10am concert ("In Memorium – Dorothy Rudd Moore 1940–2022") on Saturday, October 15, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.

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Dream Variations

To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
Dark like me—
That is my dream!

To fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun,
Dance! Whirl! Whirl!
Till the quick day is done.
Rest at pale evening . . .
A tall, slim tree . . .
Night coming tenderly
Black like me.

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