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Joshua Shank
Joshua Shank (B&F Music)
Pitiè de moi
A rumination on self-pity which includes a prominent soprano solo.
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Chansons de la Vigne
SATB a cappella
Given the first line of Apollinaire’s original French poem (“I have no more pity even for myself”), it seemed natural to include a soloist. Since self-pity is something that builds on and sustains itself to its own negative conclusions, I wrote a choral ostinato that turns over and over again while the soloist slowly sings the bulk of the text.
Text
3. Pitiè de moi
Je n’ai plus même pitié de moi
Et ne puis exprimer mon tourment de silence
Tous les mots que j’avais à dire se sont
changés en étoiles
– Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918)
3. Pitiè de moi
I have no more pity even for myself
And cannot express my silent torment
All the words I had to say have
changed themselves into stars
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