Search the Silence (Sydeman, William Jay)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 piece
Composition Year	1987 ca.
Genre Categories	Secular choruses; Choruses; For mixed chorus, harp; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the harp; For chorus with solo instruments; English language

1 Performances
- 1.1 Recordings
- 1.2 Synthesized/MIDI
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Scores and Parts
3 General Information
4 Navigation etc.

Performances

Recordings

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Synthesized/MIDI

Complete Performance
*#494585 - 1.39MB - 1:13 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 24×⇩ - MP3 - Rickshinozaki

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Publisher Info.	William Jay Sydeman
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Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

Complete Score (Preview)
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Harp (Preview)
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Publisher. Info.	Arts Aeturnum Productions, 2016
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General Information

Work Title	Search the Silence for Female Choir and Harp
Alternative. Title	SSAA Choir and Harp
Composer	Sydeman, William Jay
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IWS 27
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 piece
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1987 ca.
Librettist	Composer
Language	English
Average DurationAvg. Duration	1 minute
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Modern
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	female chorus (SSAA), harp

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Search the Silence hearkens back to my Tibetan Buddhist days in a temple in Hawaii. Of course the tradition of “quieting the mind” is the basis of all meditation from which the idea of “searching the silence” grows organically. The music reflects these thoughts.

– W. Jay Sydeman