"Winter" About the poet. About the music. About the composer

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1 "Winter" bout oet Gibran Kahlil Gibran as a Lebanesemerican hilosohical essayist, novelist, thical oet and visual artist. He as born on January 6, 1883 in a mountainous area in Norrn Lebanon. Gibran gre u in overty, and as a solitary and ensive child ho relished dramatic beauty of nature a trait that strongly influenced his ritings. His mor decided immigrate ith Gibran and her or children United tates in 1895 and settled in osn's outh End, here y began going school and learning English. Gibran's talents as an artist caught attention of a local arts suorter, and he had his first art exosition at age 21. He ent on study art in Paris from In 1912, he settled in Ne York and devoted himself riting and ainting. He died in Ne York on ril 10, 1931 of liver disease. mong his bestknon orks is he Prohet, a book of 26 oetic essays, translated in over 20 languages. His vieed orld as made sterile by conventions, but though love and good ill, humankind could be enlightened. oet is a bird of unearthly excellence, ho escaes from his celestial realm arrives in this orld arbling. If e do not cherish him, he sreads his ings and flies back in his homeland. Gibran Kahlil Gibran Note: nthony Rizcallah Ferris, a good friend of Gibran, translated lyrics this iece from rabic English. he cooser has used selected ortions of text, and made some additions. bout music Human beings often find a certain kinshi ith love and nature. Each has a season of neness and innocence, a season of groth and maturation, a season of reflection and reose, and a season that embraces "slee". In seasons or life of love, "inter" is a metahorical vie of love beteen eole ho have exerienced ealth of each assing day in a long season of life, and no one of m is beginning drift in a dee and ide ocean of slumber. " close strength, life; let not inter's uch enter beteen us eak me of your glory, obscure elements beyond door, and sing song of remembrance ke ashes, light fire close me ho dee and ide ocean of slumber." bout cooser Z. Randall trooe conducts honor choirs and allstate choirs through out United tates, and is artistic direcr of summer festivals in England and eastern Euroe. Dr. trooe has ublished over 60 musical orks. His rincial coosition teachers ere Normand Lockood and Cecil Effinger, both students of Nadia oulanger. Of eleven coact discs he has recorded, CDs (Passages, Volume I and Volume II) are exclusively his on orks. (ee.zrstrooe.com for a colete list of Dr. trooe's orks, and furr information about him.)

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4 5 15 Ó My love come close by fire, on ly don by hearth, close by fire, on ly & don by hearth, close by fire, on ly don don by by hearth, hearth, close close by by fire, fire, on on ly ly 19 fruit of in ter. fruit of in ter. close fruit of in ter. close & fruit of in ter. close fruit of in ter. close ẇ

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