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I Am
Staff Notation • Sacred
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I Am by Kathryn Rose — Lyrics
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows,
My friends forsake me like a memory lost;
I am the selfconsumer of my woes,
They rise and vanish in oblivious host,
Like shades in love and death's oblivion lost;
And yet I am! and live with shadows tost
Into the nothingness of scorn and noise,
Into the living sea of waking dreams,
Where there is neither sense of life nor joys,
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About I Am
Kathryn Rose's I Am is a powerfully expressive setting for SATB choir of a profound English text exploring themes of isolation and existential searching. The words paint a poignant scene of a soul feeling forgotten and consumed by sorrow, adrift in a world of fleeting impressions and lost connections. The composer captures the text's emotional weight with music that reflects both the introspective yearning and the eventual seeking of solace and divine peace. This sacred piece offers a significant dramatic and emotional journey for a choir, with the SATB voicing providing a rich palette for conveying the text's deep personal reflection and spiritual aspiration.
