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The Finches

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Song No. 6 from Hymnody of Earth

Text by Wendell Berry
Music by Malcolm Dalglish

After the cutoff of the five-part vocal canon at the end of Throw the Window Open, The Finches should begin immediately. The rhythms need not be executed precisely as written; rather, use them to get a feeling for the pauses and accelerations of the text much as with the “free precision” of plainsong. Don’t let it drag. Perhaps a small chamber group could more effectively perform this piece. Evoking an image of small birds, “cold sun and frost of dawn…” is essential.

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