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Jocelyn Hagen

Jocelyn Hagen composes music that has been described as “simply magical” (Fanfare Magazine) and “dramatic and deeply moving” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis/St. Paul). She is a pioneer in the field of composition, pushing the expectations of musicians and audiences with large-scale multimedia works, electro-acoustic music, dance, opera, and publishing. Her first forays into composition were via...

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i carry your heart with me (Hagen)

Name: i carry your heart with me (Hagen)
SKU: GP-H005.2
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Jocelyn Hagen

This song characterizes and illuminates eternal love.

Art Songs

piano

high voice, medium voice

slow

secular

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3-5 min.

GP-H005.2

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Composer’s Notes

This song characterizes and illuminates eternal love. The poem by E.E. Cummings is lush, descriptive, and poignant, captivating the reader with their vivid imagery.

Text

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

– E. E. Cummings

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