Memory Refrains

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Watermelon Sugar was the summer hit of the year 2020. It is a song by the British singer-songwriter Harry Styles, who felt inspired by the title of the American novel In Watermelon Sugar (1968) by Richard Brautigan.The melody of the chorus had already taken form during ‘Live on Tour’, the debut tour that Styles embarked on in September 2017, finishing in July the following year. On a free day, Harry and his band went to The Cave Studio inNashville, where they created the chorus melody. It is said that the song is about Styles’ ex-girlfriend Camille Rowe. Mike Sheppard arranged this catchy tune for a flexible (six-part) ensemble as a lasting memory of theextraordinary year 2020.

Watermelon Sugar was ongetwijfeld dé zomerhit van 2020. Het is een nummer van de Britse singer-songwriter Harry Styles, die zich samen met enkele vrienden liet inspireren door de titel van de Amerikaanse roman InWatermelon Sugar (1968) van Richard Brautigan. De melodie van het refrein was al ontstaan tijdens Live on Tour, de tournee die Styles in september 2017 maakte. Tijdens een vrije dag gingen de jongens van de band naar The CaveStudio in Nashville, waar de refreinmelodie bedacht werd. Het nummer zou gaan over Harry Styles’ ex-vriendin Camille Rowe. Mike Sheppard arrangeerde deze catchy song voor een variabele bezetting (zes partijen) als een blijvendeherinnering aan het bijzondere jaar 2020.

Watermelon Sugar war der Sommerhit des Jahres 2020. Das Lied stammt von dem britischen Singer-Songwriter Harry Styles, der sich vom Titel des amerikanischen Romans In Watermelon Sugar (1968) von Richard Brautiganinspirieren ließ. Die Melodie des Refrains nahm bereits während seiner Debüt-Tournee Gestalt an, die von September 2017 bis zum Juli des darauffolgenden Jahres dauerte. An einem freien Tag ging er mit seiner Band ins Cave Studioin Nashville, wo die Melodie des Refrains entstand. Das Lied soll von seiner Ex-Freundin Camille Rowe handeln. Mike Sheppard arrangierte diesen Ohrwurm für ein flexibles (sechsstimmiges) Ensemble als bleibende Erinnerung an dasaußergewöhnliche Jahr 2020.

Watermelon Sugar fut le tube de l’année 2020. C’est une chanson du chanteur-compositeur britannique Harry Styles, qui s’est inspiré du titre du roman américain In Watermelon Sugar (Sucre de pastèque, 1968), deRichard Brautigan. La mélodie du refrain avait déj pris forme pendant « Live on Tour », la première tournée de Styles, qui avait débuté en septembre 2017 et pris fin en juillet de l’année suivante. Un jour de repos, Harry et songroupe sont allés au Cave Studio de Nashville, où est née la mélodie du refrain. On dit que la chanson concerne l’ex-petite amie de Styles, Camille Rowe. Mike Sheppard a arrangé cet air accrocheur pour un ensemble instrumentation variable (six voix) afin de marquer, de manière inoubliable, l’extraordinaire année 2020.

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ISBN 9781598064995. UPC: 680160616084. 8.5 x 11 inches. English. Text: William Shakespeare; Aurelius Prudentius Clemens; Aeschylus. Aurelius Clemens, William Shakespeare, Aeschylus. Texts from Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, Aeschylus, and William Shakespeare.

When Tim Sharp, Executive Director of the ACDA, offered Stucky the Brock Memorial Commission, it was decided that the text would commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, since the annual convention would take place in Dallas of that year. To that end, Stucky chose four different but pertinent texts to honor the occasion, although never referencing JFK by name. Take Him, Earth was premiered at the ACDA convention in March, 2013. Originally scored for chorus and chamber ensemble of nine instruments (available on a rental basis), Take Him, Earth is presented here in piano reduction. For advanced choirs. Duration: 13'.
When Tim Sharp, Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association, very kindlyoffered me the Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission for 2013, he suggested that because thepremiere would take place at the national conference in Dallas in the 50th year since the assassinationof John F. Kennedy in that city, the text might refer in some way to that grim anniversary. Hesuggested, too, that I consider using a chamber ensemble or chamber orchestra to accompany thechorus.I took these suggestions to heart, but at the same time I wanted to write something universal enoughto be appropriate on other occasions, in other settings. Thus the score is dedicated to PresidentKennedy’s memory, but otherwise he is never referred to by name. Instead, I assembled a group oftexts that are associated with him in some way, but that also stand alone as a more general eulogy.As a refrain, there are a few lines from the early Christian burial hymn that begins “Take him,Earth, for cherishing” — lines that were earlier set to music by Herbert Howells in his classic motetcommissioned for Kennedy’s memorial service in 1963. The lines of Aeschylus “Drop, drop — inour sleep, upon the heart sorrow falls” from Agamemnon were quoted by Robert F. Kennedy uponthe death of Martin Luther King in April 1968. The celebrated “When he shall die, cut him out inlittle stars” from Act III of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was cited by RFK a few months after hisbrother’s murder.