1987

Silence

Composed by Lena J. McLin

Songs of Love Song Collection

"Silence" is a song from the song cycle "Songs of Love" by Lena McLin with text by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Audio Track

“Silence” (from “Songs of Love”)
Marcía Porter, soprano and Rosalyn Wright Floyd, piano1:00

Lena McLin

Composer

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

University of California, Irvine, Winifred Smith Hall

Location

This recording was part of a 8pm concert ("My Sister’s Keeper") on Friday, October 14, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.

Text

‘T is better to sit here beside the sea,
Here on the spray-kissed beach,
In silence, that between such friends as we
Is full of deepest speech.

Sheet Music

Lena McLin: Songs for Voice and Piano

Lena McLin
Silence
The Unlucky Apple
Day
et. al
Medium High Voice
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