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SONGS FROM SPOON RIVER, REFLECTIONS OF A PEACEMAKER

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Two Songs from Emily Dickinson  

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TWO SONGS FROM EMILY DICKINSON

American Record Guide
The first Emily Dickinson song (“I Cannot Live With You”) is the true heartbreaker of the collection, as the poet’s conflicted emotions are borne on elegant phrases bearing musical testimony to the sad fact that not all loving relationships are destined to go the distance. 

Fanfare Magazine
The second song operates in high contrast: “I taste a liquor never brewed” is a response to nature, far more intoxicating than any alcohol."

IAWM Journal
“Composed during her student days…the musical and emotional maturity of these songs presage Grier’s success as a composer of vocal works”

Musical Pointers, U.K.
“…. fashioned with great skill ….and unfailingly apt for her well-chosen texts. Outstanding are two Dickinson settings, which would go well alongside Copland’s..”

Audiophile Audition
“The 2 Songs from Emily Dickinson stand out .. as quite different from the others.. Grier  adapting her style to face the more stringent requirements imposed on any composer by the chewy Dickinson texts, and she does the job beautifully. The music holds back and lets the text be the driving force”

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