The piece has a fascinating "dual" history regarding its text.
Rather than scrap the music, Whitacre asked poet Charles Anthony Silvestri to write a new poem that perfectly matched the existing meter and "feel" of the music.
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. He asked Silvestri to perform a "surgical" feat: write a completely new poem that matched the exact meter, syllable count, and vowel sounds of the original Frost text so the music wouldn't have to be changed.
The PDF format has revolutionized how choirs access repertoire. Here is why the digital version of "Sleep" is in such high demand:
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