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Man tū shŭdam, tū man shŭdī
Man tan shŭdam, tū jān shŭdī
Taukas na gūyād bād azīn
Man dīgaram, tu dīgarī
(text: Amir Khusro – 13C)
I have become you, you have become me
I am the body, you are the soul
So that no one can then say
That you are someone, and I am someone else.
(audio guides forthcoming)
This piece will be available in Fall 2024
Instrumentation: SATB Chorus
Duration: 5′
Year: 2023
Movements: 1
Language: Farsi
Text by: Amir Khusro (13C)
Commissioned by: Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir — J. Scott Ferguson, Conductor. Made possible by the Sylvia Monti Anderson Commissioned Choral Work Fund honoring Delta Omicron at Illinois Wesleyan University
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Audio Guide (for performers)
Esmail is the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2020-2025 Swan Family Artist in Residence, and was Seattle Symphony’s 2020-21 Composer-in-Residence. She also holds awards/fellowships from United States Artists, the S&R Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Kennedy Center.
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