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The Tune is

iN The TreeFive Nature Songs

of Emily Dickinson

THE TUNE IS IN THE TREEFive Nature Songs of Emily Dickinson

by Richard D. Russell

Frequently the woods are pink,Frequently are brown;Frequently the hills undressBehind my native town.

Oft a head is crestedI was wont to seeAnd as oft a crannyWhere it used to be.

And the earth, they tell me,On its axis turned,—Wonderful rotationBy but twelve performed.

An awful tempest mashed the airThe clouds were gaunt and few;A black, as of a spectre’s coatHid heaven and earth from view.

The creatures chuckled on the roofsand whistled in the air,And shook their fists and gnashed their teeth,and swung their frenzied hair.

The morning lit, the birds arose;The monster’s faded eyes turned slowly to his native coastAnd peace was Paradise!

Will there really be a morning?Is there such a thing as day?Could I see it from the mountainsIf I were as tall as they?

Has it feet like water-lilies?Has it feathers like a bird?Is it brought from famous countriesOf which I have never heard?

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Oh, some scholar! Oh, some sailor!Oh, some wise man from the skies!Please to tell a little pilgrimWhere the place called morning lies.

To hear an oriole singMay be a common thingOr only a divine.

It is not of the birdWho sings the same, unheard,As unto crowd.

The fashion of the earAttireth that it hearIn dun or fair.

So whether it be rune,Or whether it be none,Is of within;

The “tune is in the tree,”The sceptic showeth me;“No, sir! In thee!”

It’s all I have to bring today,! This, and my heart beside,This, and my heart, and all the fields.! And all the meadows wide.Be sure you count, should I forget—! Someone the sum could tell,—This, and my heart, and all the bees! Which in the clover dwell.

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DESIGN for Lightning Music (ASCAP)

Richard D. Russell, composer (b. 1968, Illinois)

An ASCAP Plus winner, Richard Russell’s music has been performed internationally

and at prominent venues in New York. Highlights include a September 11, 2002,

memorial performance of Remembrances at Merkin Concert Hall, and a

performance of Design for Lightning by trombonist Haim Avitsur in Israel. As well,

his music has been performed in Bulgaria and, in New York, Symphony Space,

New York University, the Ethical Culture Society, and Mannes College of Music.

Richard Russell has been awarded commissions by several professional, amateur,

and student musicians. His work is published by Design for Lightning Music

(ASCAP). He publishes Creativity and Composition, a blog for composers,.

He began writing songs at an early age, beginning formal piano and composition

study at 13. He earned his BA in Music Composition from Blackburn College

(Illinois), graduating magna cum laude. He has also studied musical theater at New

School University and participated in the BMI Musical Theater Workshop. He is

currently pursuing his Masters at SUNY Empire State.

Richard Russell has been active in the New York Composers Circle for several

years, having served on its Steering Committee and acted as Managing Director.

Currently, he is the NYCC webmaster and In The Loop newsletter editor.

download scores and learn more at

RDRussell.com

subscribe to Creativity and Composition blog at

RDRussell.wordpress.com

Phone: 646-484-8187

mail:! 3725 Henry Hudson Pkwy #11C

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Works performed at (selected list)

• Symphony Space Thalia, New York

• Merkin Hall, New York

• Bar-Ilan University, Israel

• Naval House, Varna, Bulgaria

• Ethical Culture Society, New York

• CAMI Hall, New York

• Saint Peter’s Church @ Citigroup Center,

New York

• Mannes College of Music, New York

• Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew,

Brooklyn

• The Lucy Moses School, New York

• The LGBT Community Center, New York

Works commissioned by (selected list)

•Alaria Chamber Ensemble

•Prismatic Productions

•Sofia Dimitrova, soprano

•Aurora Borealis Duo

•Ollom Dance Company

•Haim Avitsur, trombone

•Tonal Center Trio

Selected Works

• Spirals, for piano trio

• Conversations (Faces), for piano trio

• Reverie, for flute and piano

• Three States of Water, for flute trio

• Two Rilke Songs, for sop, vln, pno

• The Duel, for sop, marimba, bass cl

• Three Elegies, for sop and percussion

• Three Songs of Carl Sandburg, for sop

and piano

• Balance, for trombone and electronics

• Design for Lightning, for trombone and

electronics

• Violin Sonata, for vln and piano

• NeverSummer, for flute, clarinet, piano

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