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“I composed Four Dickinson Songs in the spring of 1996. The last song of the cycle, ‘If I…’ was composed as a gift for my father’s 80th birthday. Its simple, accessible melody passes from voice to piano and back again before ending with the singer humming. My father is now in good health at age 94.”
–Lori Laitman
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If I can stop one Heart from breaking (poem 919)
by Emily Dickinson
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
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Four Dickinson Songs (High Key)
Composer(s): Lori Laitman
Song(s): 1. Will There Really Be a Morning?
2. I'm Nobody
3. She Died
4. If I...
Voice Type: High
Buy via Classical Vocal ReprintsFour Dickinson Songs (Low key)
Composer(s): Lori Laitman
Song(s): 1. Will There Really Be a Morning?
2. I'm Nobody
3. She Died
4. If I...
Voice Type: Low
Buy via Classical Vocal Reprints