The heart asks pleasure first (Carlotta Ferrari)
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- Editor: Carlotta Ferrari (submitted 2022-11-03). Score information: A4, 4 pages Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Composer: Carlotta Ferrari
Lyricist: Emily Dickinson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 2022
Description: Winner of the first (ex-aequo) award at the ISCM-Musika Bulegoa choral composition competition.
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Original text and translations
English text
The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering;
And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.