Sunrise

1999 | soprano/piano

Poem by Mary Oliver

Song 3 of Sunflowers

Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• m. 28: If breath is a problem, you can end the word "dawn" on beat 1, breathe, start a melisma on beat 2 with the word "aah" (continuing through beat 2 of m. 29), and then return to the printed score. 

• m. 43: the "ry" of "eve-ry" should be beneath the A in the voice part.

• m. 89: I have changed the notes to a B, rising to an E, rising to an F sharp for the words "it is an-"