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sun filters through the mackerel clouds. . ,
Sun that is &most set. leaves way for the dew.
The passes intb another. hemisphere
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, - out of my world' . , ' -
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lret grass licks my fAt as I ruk . .
The trees settle their leaves for the night, . .
very so often a rustle, . .
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The wind is gone.
The world is silent.
The moon watches as I run.
The fiiendly air caresses me
and breathes its sweet warm breath upon me.
The clouds are gone,
the stars take up watch with the moon.
The night orchestra begins:
crickets tuning up for a serenade,
a night bird giggles,
a bat fiolics in the air.
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he &watches as the stars wihk at the &n. ,
I lie on the soft, sweet b s , .
while night ldls me to sleep.
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The moon winks, the stars twinkle, the bats whisper.
My dreams mngle with the night air.
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The Ethnic Sonata for oboe and piano features certain micro-elements which were~to be
part of a fimk tune (in the style of early works composed by James Johnson, Rogers
Nelson, and Larry Blackrnon). Both outer movements are in traditional sonata form, and
an arch form is used for the slow movement. Pitch materials are obtained fiom the use of
thk dodecaphonic scale: the outer movements are on E, while the slow movement is on B.
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A special feature of the work is the cyclic return of the principal theme of the first ' .
movement during the coda of the third movement.
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Trio Fare (1998) is Teresa M. Cobarrubia Yoder's first attempt of writing a chamber
string piece incorporating contemporary string techniques. Her original idea was to write a
- flute, violin and cello trio, however, while working on it, she realized that two violins
would add so much vitality and energy to the sound she was trying to create. The fast and
frenzied sections contrast the lyrical imitative counterpoint sections. Yoder -ncourages
independence of spirit in the performers' playing while asking them to see how- it all
blends and fits together like a jigsaw puzzle.