About the piece

Wanderer was inspired by my first encounter with Renaissance polyphony when I was sixteen. The melodic matierial remains basically the same for each verse, while different decorative elements illustrate the text. As with many teenage poems, it is angsty and lonely, but resolves to end with joy and confidence.

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Perfomance by the Williams College Elizabethans

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Instrumentation

SATB chorus, SSAA chorus

Duration

1 minute 30 seconds

year written

1999 (SATB), 2024 (SSAA)

Sheet Music Format

Digital PDF, 8.5 x 11"

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