Christopher Tucker: Music Gallery
EARTH, THE GENTLEST MOTHER
(for mezzo-soprano and symphonic band)
2006 • Estimated timing: 4'45" • Grade 3
[Manuscript]
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Recording featuring the Plymouth State University Wind Ensemble, Christopher Tucker, cond.
Nature, The Gentlest Mother
by Emily Dickinson
(Excerpt used in this piece)
Nature, the Gentlest Mother is,
Impatient of no Child,
The feeblest or the waywardest,
Her Admonition mild.
With infinite Affection
And infinite Care,
Her Golden finger on Her lip,
Wills Silence, Everywhere.