Wild Nights

1995 | soprano/piano

Poem by Emily Dickinson

• Song 6 of cycle Days and Nights
• Song 7 of Come To Me In Dreams

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Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• the opening dynamic for the singer should be a forte
• on p. 33 (the second page of the song) there is an incorrrect rhythm in the right hand piano part. This is in m. 15 of the song (which in older editions is incorrectly marked m. 25). The rhythms should be eighth rest, quarter chord, eighth rest, half note.
• in m. 37, the tempo should start a bit under a tempo and ramp up to speed, coming to a sudden halt on the eighth note before m. 41
• The measure numbers are incorrect in some earlier versions. Measure 13 was numbered measure 23 and the mistake compounded. This is now corrected.
• in m. 37, the tempo should start a bit under a tempo and ramp up to speed, coming to a sudden halt on the eighth note before m. 41 (which in older editions is incorrectly marked m. 51). In addition, from m. 39-40 (marked incorrectly 49-50 in older editions), there should be a crescendo (not a decrescendo) leading into the slow section.
• If you'd like, you can slide down an extra half step on the last glissando