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Music at Twilight

Schweigt der Menschen laute Lust:
Rauscht die Erde wie im Träumen
Wunderbar mit allen Bäumen,
Was dem Herzen kaum bewusst,
Alte Zeiten, linde Trauer,
Und es schweifen leise Schauer
Wetterleuchtend durch die Brust.

translation:
Hold the people loud Lust:
Rauscht the earth as in dreams
Wunderbar with all the trees,
What the heart hardly aware
Old times, linde mourning,
And it drift quietly Showers
Wetterleuchtend through the chest.

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Joseph von Eichendorff (March 10, 1788 – November 26, 1857)

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I composed Music at Twilight in 1986 for the American composer and pianist Jed Distler. The music, which is an homage to the Nocturnes of Gabriel Fauré, evokes the half - light and gathering darkness of evening by a pond on the edge of a forest.

- A.T.

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Premiere: 1986 New York City, Jed Distler
Also: 1999 the Juilliard School Andrew Thomas, piano
2001 Hong Kong, PR, China Andrew Thomas, piano
2002 Guang Zhou, Pr China Andrew Thomas, piano