Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THREE ORCHESTRAL THEMES, by JOSEPH KLING


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THREE ORCHESTRAL THEMES, by                    
First Line: Nightfall... / I hear the fainting echo of a muezzin's last call
Last Line: Poet's dream of paradise...
Subject(s): Bands; Music & Musicians; Poetry & Poets; Rest; Symphonies; Orchestras; Concerts


I. Orientale, from a Tschaikowsky Suite (Cassenoix).

Nightfall. ...
I hear the fainting echo of a muezzin's last call
to evening prayer,
And the soft thud-thud of a muffled drum by the temple.
The copper sunset-sky is changing to dark, dark purple;
Body and soul nod wearily, drowsily,
And sink to rest. ...

II. The end of Act III. of Boris Godunoff.

The snow is falling
falling
falling ...

On hearts filled
With anguish. ...
the snow is falling.

The very soul of music
sobs softly
in anguish. ...

III. The second movement of the Beethoven Seventh Symphony.

Our ship, a-sail on a fair broad stream, is welcomed by a chorale of earth-
angels. ...
There is peace in the golden summer air, the peace of many trees in rich vesper-

light. ...
The choral-song they sing for us has the soft grandeur and beauty and peace of a

poet's dream of Paradise...





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