Compensation
High voice, piano
Low voice, piano
Art Song
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This setting of text by Paul Laurence Dunbar of Dayton, OH, uses a simple accompaniment to allow for attention to the introspective text.
Because I had loved so deeply,
Because I had loved so long,
God in His great compassion
Gave me the gift of song.
Because I have loved so vainly,
And sung with such faltering breath,
The Master in infinite mercy
Offers the boon of Death.
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
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