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1 SE D - DIGITL EDITION $.75 Sue Loves Butter for SS choir and piano Elizabeth lexander Seafarer Press YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

2 Sue Loves Butter I couldn t sing a song about a garden unless I mentioned sun and rain, nd I couldn t sing a song about a red caboose if I didn t sing about the train. I couldn t sing a song about arithmetic without telling you one and one make two, nd I couldn t sing a song about friendship without telling you all about Sue. I. BRED Sue loves butter on her bread, and fedoras on her head Unless instead she wants to feel the wind in her hair. She has a merry flair which she carries everywhere, nd which she ll gladly share with friends and strangers too. (It s true!) II. PES Sue loves butter on her peas, and finesses recipes So butter seasons every bite it s almost a crime! She does it every time. What a saucy paradigm! How I love the fact that I m on the very same planet as Sue. (I think you live there, too.) TEMPO DI TNGO: Sue is the very best driver in the neighborhood. Her turns are awfully good, nd it is understood that in all likelihood She s driving under the influence of LOVE. She always brakes for really really really bad jokes, She signals to all friendly folks, nd yields the right of way to hopscotch. (Hopscotch!) TEMPO DI HOPSCOTCH: Butter on popcorn, butter on toast Sue loves butter better than most. Buttercup, butterfly, buttermilk pie (my, oh my!) My darling playmate (ha ha!), come out and catch a fish, We ll fry it up (yum yum!) in lots of buh-dah-buh-dah-buh-dah-buh-dah-buh-dah! III. LIFE Sue loves butter in her life, spreads it thickly with her knife: It eases every pain, and sweetens every delight. Oh when I sing this song for Sue, I know exactly what she ll do: She ll sing it too, her face a feast of light. She ll study every part, and she ll learn it all by heart, nd once she s mastered it, she ll start to teach it to you! Listen now; it goes like this: Joy shared is doubled, and pain shared is cut in two. Come on and sing it like you mean it! Joy shared is doubled, and pain shared is cut in two. (I m having a little trouble hearing you) Joy shared is doubled, and pain shared is cut in two. I couldn t sing a song about arithmetic without telling you one and one make two, nd I couldn t sing a song about friendship without telling you all about Sue! Words and Music 015 by Elizabeth lexander Cover image: Detail from She forgave her wrinkles by Marylou Falstreau. Used by permission of the artist. YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

3 for Sue, of course Sue Loves Butter Playfully (h = 86) SS and piano Elizabeth lexander 5 I 9 could n t sing a song a bout a gar den un less I men tioned sun and rain, nd I 1 5 Seafarer Press / SE by Elizabeth lexander YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

4 1 could n t sing a song a bout a red ca boose if I did n t sing a bout the train. 16 Stage-whispered: I could n t sing a song a bout a rith me tic with out chook a choo, chook a choo, I could n t sing a song a bout a rith me tic with out 19 tell ing you one and one make two, and and tell ing you one and one make two, and I could n t sing a song a bout I could n t sing a song a bout I could n t sing a song a bout YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

5 friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout r.h. l.h. 6 Sue. Sue. Sue. p Oo, p Oo, p Oo, oo, oo, oo, it's true! I oo, oo, oo, it's true! I oo, oo, oo, it's true! I p 0 could n t sing a song a bout friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout Sue: could n t sing a song a bout friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout Sue: could n t sing a song a bout friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout Sue: YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

6 4 4 p Sue loves but ter on her bread, and fe do ras on her head, p 8 luxuriously gliss. she wants to feel the luxuriously wind in her gliss. she wants to feel the luxuriously wind in her gliss. un less in stead she wants to feel the wind in her 4 hair, she has a mer ry flair which she car ries ev ry where, hair, she has a mer ry flair which she car ries ev ry where, hair, she has a mer ry flair which she car ries ev ry where, * If desired, some or all of the sopranos may sing with the altos at the beginning of Letters and B. YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

7 46 and which she'll glad ly share with friends and strang ers and which she'll glad ly share with friends and strang ers and which she'll glad ly share with friends and strang ers (cue notes for rehearsal only) 5 50 too. too. too. p Oo, p Oo, p Oo, oo, oo, oo, it's true! I oo, oo, oo, it's true! I oo, oo, oo, it's true! I (opt. piano doubling) 1 1 p 54 could n t sing a song a bout friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout Sue: could n t sing a song a bout friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout Sue: could n t sing a song a bout friend ship with out tell lin you all a bout Sue: YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

8 6 58 B p Sue loves but ter on her peas, and fin ess es re ci pes p 6 so but ter sea sons ev ry bite -- it s al most a so but ter sea sons ev ry bite -- it s al most a so but ter sea sons ev ry bite -- it s al most a 66 crime! crime! crime! She does it ev ry time; what a sau cy par a digm! She does it ev ry time; what a sau cy par a digm! She does it ev ry time; what a sau cy par a digm! YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

9 Opal Palmer disa, poet B Margaret & George lexander, parents B Yehuda michai, poet B Bjorn rneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B bbie Betinis, cooser/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily LOT Dickinson, OF poet B Evelyn HRD Dudley, poet B Rob WORK & Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, CRETIVITY cooser/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, cooser/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Huhrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, cooser/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, cooser/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, WENT poet B Gerald Rich, INTO poet B Carl Sandburg, BRINGING poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, cooser/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi THIS Wyner, cooser/teacher MUSIC B Paul TO YOU... dams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer disa, poet B Margaret & George lexander, parents B Yehuda michai, poet B Bjorn rneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B bbie Betinis, cooser/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, cooser/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, cooser/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Huhrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, cooser/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, cooser/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, cooser/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner, cooser/teacher B Paul dams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer disa, poet B Margaret & George lexander, parents B Yehuda michai, poet B Bjorn rneson, generous web...nd designer B Scott SOME Bates, poet OF B bbie IT Betinis, cooser/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet WS B Emily Dickinson, EVEN poet B MINE. Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, cooser/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, cooser/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Huhrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, cooser/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, cooser/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King THIS PGE HS BEEN INTENTIONLLY LEFT BLNK. (YOU KNOW WHY.) COMPLETE PERUSL COPY MY BE PURCHSED FROM ELIZBETH LEXNDER T Seafarer Press

10 8 8 C Teo di Tango (h = 60) her turns are Sue is the ver y best dri ver in the neigh bor hood, Sue is the ver y best dri ver in the neigh bor hood, her turns are 1 85 awf lly good, and it is un der stood, that in all like li hood she s driv ing and it is un der stood, that in all like li hood she s driv ing awf lly good, and it is un der stood, that in all like li hood she s driv ing YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

11 Very Freely dolce 9 un der the in flu ence of LOVE. She al ways 5 4 dolce un der the in flu ence of LOVE. She al ways 5 4 dolce un der the in flu ence of LOVE. She al ways dolce cue nots for rehearsal only 9 breaks for real ly real ly real ly real ly bad jokes, breaks for real ly real ly real ly real ly bad jokes, she sig nals to all breaks she sig nals to all YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

12 10 94 rallentando molto Shouted: Slightly Faster (h = 100) and yields the right of way to hop scotch. Hop scotch! Shouted: friend ly folks, and yields the right of way to hop scotch. Hop Shouted: scotch! friend ly folks, and yields the right of way to hop scotch. Hop scotch! 97 D Teo di Hopscotch (h = 100) But But But ter on pop corn, but ter on toast, Sue loves but ter bet ter than most! ter on pop corn, but ter on toast, Sue loves but ter bet ter than most! ter on pop corn, but ter on toast, Sue loves but ter bet ter than most! Letter D contains many references to hopscotch, clapping games, brass bands, and the Beatles. How playful do you want to be? I leave it up to you. YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

13 but ter cup, but ter fly, but ter milk pie, my, oh my! but ter cup, but ter fly, but ter milk pie, my, oh my! My darl ing but ter cup, but ter fly, but ter milk pie, my, oh my! My dar ling 105 Solo or tutti: ha, ha! play mate, come out and catch a fish, we'll fry it play mate, come out and catch a fish, we'll fry it 109 Yum, yum, gliss. up in lots of buh dah buh dah buh dah buh dah buh dah! up in lots of buh dah, buh dah, YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

14 1 11 f with plenty of brass gliss. gliss. gliss. Bah dah, bah dah. bah dah, bah wah wah! Bah, bah, bah, f with plenty of brass bah dah, bah, bah, bah dah, bah, bah, bah dah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, f with plenty of brass bah dah, bah dah, bah, bah dah, bah dah, f 117 rallentando molto bah. bah dah, bah dah, bah dah, bah dah, bah! bah. bah dah, bah dah, bah dah, bah dah, bah! bah dah, bah dah, bah dah, bah dah, bah dah, bah dah, bah! YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

15 11 E Broadly * (h = 80) 1 Sue loves but ter in her life, spreads it thick ly with her knife: Sue loves but ter in her life, spreads it thick ly with her knife: Sue loves but ter in her life, spreads it thick ly with her knife: 15 It eas es ev ry pain and sweet ens ev ry de It eas es ev ry pain and sweet ens ev ry de light. Oh, when light. Oh, when I I It eas es ev ry pain and sweet ens ev ry de light. * How else would you sing Letter E? You're a bunch o broads! YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

16 Opal Palmer disa, poet B Margaret & George lexander, parents B Yehuda michai, poet B Bjorn rneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B bbie Betinis, cooser/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily LOT Dickinson, OF poet B Evelyn HRD Dudley, poet B Rob WORK & Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, CRETIVITY cooser/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, cooser/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Huhrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, cooser/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, cooser/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, WENT poet B Gerald Rich, INTO poet B Carl Sandburg, BRINGING poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, cooser/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi THIS Wyner, cooser/teacher MUSIC B Paul TO YOU... dams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer disa, poet B Margaret & George lexander, parents B Yehuda michai, poet B Bjorn rneson, generous web designer B Scott Bates, poet B bbie Betinis, cooser/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet B Emily Dickinson, poet B Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, cooser/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, cooser/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Huhrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, cooser/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, cooser/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King Sigismund III, religious reformer B Steven Stucky, cooser/teacher B Rabindranath Tagore, poet B Howard Thurman, civil rights leader/writer B John Greenleaf Whittier, poet B Theodore Chickering Williams, poet B Daniel Winter, pianist/teacher B Nancy Wood, poet B Yehudi Wyner, cooser/teacher B Paul dams, technical advisor B Opal Palmer disa, poet B Margaret & George lexander, parents B Yehuda michai, poet B Bjorn rneson, generous web...nd designer B Scott SOME Bates, poet OF B bbie IT Betinis, cooser/colleague B Dennis Blubaugh, music dealer B Michael devernon Boblett, poet B Ray Bradbury, writer B Norbert Capek, visionary B e. e. cummings, poet B Philip Dacey, poet WS B Emily Dickinson, EVEN poet B MINE. Evelyn Dudley, poet B Rob Eller-Isaacs, minister/writer B Sophia Lyon Fahs, writer B Richard M. Fewkes, writer B Pesha Gertler, poet B Richard S. Gilbert, minister/writer B Jack Gallagher, cooser/teacher B Paul Gerike, proofreader B Steve Harper, technical advisor B Steve Hawkins, generous web designer B Edie Hill, cooser/colleague B Langston Hughes, poet B Mark Huhrey, piano technician B Karel Husa, cooser/teacher B Kalidasa, poet B Garrison Keillor, storyteller B Denise Levertov, poet B George Ella Lyon, poet B Jonathan Machen, artist B Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet B J. David Moore, cooser/colleague B Joan Wolf Prefontaine, poet B Gerald Rich, poet B Carl Sandburg, poet B King THIS PGE HS BEEN INTENTIONLLY LEFT BLNK. (YOU KNOW WHY.) COMPLETE PERUSL COPY MY BE PURCHSED FROM ELIZBETH LEXNDER T Seafarer Press

17 and once she s mas tered it, she ll start to teach it to and once she s mas tered it, she ll start to teach it to and once she s mas tered it, she ll start to teach it to 147 F Teo I (h = 86) p subito you! Oo, oo! Lis ten now; it goes like this: p subito you! Oo, oo! Lis p subito ten now; it goes like this: you Oo, oo! Lis ten now; it goes like this: p subito YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

18 Bring hands up, one at a time, with fingertips facing outwards and palms facing up: Slice hands back and forth through the air in front of the body, with and palms facing down: LEFT RIGHT IN OUT IN LL Joy shared is doub led, and pain shared is cut in two. 155 Come on and sing it like you mean it! Come on and sing it like you mean it! Come on and sing it like you mean it! 159 Conductor invites audience to sing along Bring hands up, one at a time, with fingertips facing outwards and palms facing up: Slice hands back and forth through the air in front of the body, with and palms facing down: LEFT RIGHT IN OUT IN LL Joy shared is doub led, and pain shared is cut in two. YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

19 16 few chorus members cock hands behind their ears, "the better to hear you with." 17 I'm hav ing a lit tle trou ble hear ing you, I'm I'm hav ing a lit tle trou ble hear ing you, hav ing a lit tle trou ble hear ing you, 167 Bring hands up. Slice hands through the air. LEFT RIGHT IN OUT IN LL Joy shared is doub led, and pain shared is cut in two. YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

20 First time Soprano II & lto / Second time Tutti f bah, f bah, f bah, bah dah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah dah, bah, bah, bah! bah dah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah dah, bah, bah, bah! bah dah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah dah, bah, bah, bah! f 175 Bring hands up. Slice hands through the air. LEFT RIGHT IN OUT IN Joy shared is doub led, and pain shared is cut in two. Joy shared is doub led, and pain shared is cut in two. Joy shared is doub led, and pain shared is cut in two. YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

21 Oh, what the heck. Let's do it with kazoos this time: 179 gliss. 19 woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo Oh, what the heck. Let's do it with kazoos this time: gliss. woo woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo Oh, what the heck. Let's do it with kazoos this time: gliss. woo woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo Oh I Oh Oh I I YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

22 0 191 G f could f could f could n t sing a song a bout a rith me tic with out tell ing you one and one n t sing a song a bout a rith me tic with out tell ing you one and one n t sing a song a bout a rith me tic with out tell ing you one and one f 194 make two, and I could n t sing a song a bout friend ship make two, and I could n t sing a song a bout friend ship make two, and I could n t sing a song a bout friend ship r.h. l.h. 198 a teo with out tell lin you all a bout Sue. Okay altos, give us your best closed-mouthed Moo! with out tell lin you all a bout Sue. Mmm... with out tell lin you all a bout Sue. YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

23 Sue Loves Butter - Cooser Notes Sue Loves Butter was commissioned by a women s choir in memory of Sue Fern, a beloved singer and founding member of the chorus. Because I had never known Sue, the chorus acquainted me with her character by sending me many stories, letters, s, and even videos. They wrote of her kindness, generosity and love of singing but the stories I loved most were about her humor and zest for life. Everyone seemed to have at least one story about Sue s laughter and good-natured practical jokes! second alto, she was legendary for letting out a hearty moo during choir rehearsals, a reference to the conductor s childhood on a dairy farm. One storyteller wrote about a fishing trip on which all the food Sue prepared was cooked in butter fish, potatoes, eggs, vegetables, everything. Her friends teased her about that for years afterward. Butter what a great metaphor for exuberance for life! These stories, along with one women s observation that she always felt younger when she was around Sue almost like she was a girl again made me decide to write a song that was over-the-top playful. In fact, Sue Loves Butter is the most unabashedly playful song I ve ever written! Many of my songs for women s choir, like Why I Pity the Woman Who Never Spills, Life Is Not a Garden, and Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery, bring out the strong and courageous side of women. But it was also a pleasure to just let myself have fun, and remembering what life was like when I was a curious, irrepressible girl. In the end, Sue Loves Butter was SO playful that, while a portion of the chorus adored it, there was also some discoort about having so much joy in a memorial song. fter some discussion, the conductor asked me to go back to the drawing board and write a more traditional elegy for Sue. Thus I wrote Tree Song, a lyrical piece which spoke to Sue s love of nature, and everyone was happy. But, personally, if there s ever a posthumous musical celebration of my life, I sure hope there will be room for bad puns, amateur dancing, vigorous hand-clapping, frolicking children, and most definitely butter. Elizabeth lexander grew up in the Carolinas and ppalachian Ohio. Her love of poetry nearly eclipses her love of music a passion which is reflected in her over 100 songs and choral works, which have received thousands of performances worldwide. She lives in St. Paul, MN, where her frequent commissions include works for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles and solo musicians. recent McKnight Fellow, she has received awards and fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, Minnesota rts Board, New York Council on the rts, Wisconsin rts Board, National Orchestral ssociation, International League of Women Coosers, and merican Coosers Forum. Her coosition teachers have included Jack Gallagher at The College of Wooster, and Steven Stucky, Yehudi Wyner and Karel Husa at Cornell University, from which she received her doctorate in music coosition. Elizabeth lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she reads voraciously, makes pretty good biscuits, looks for all kinds of excuses to visit her two grown sons, and gardens during the three month period in Minnesota which is not winter. She believes she has the best job in the world. For more information about Elizabeth s music, including scores, recordings and ordering information, visit: YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.

24 Selected Choral Music by Elizabeth lexander pril Rain Song (Langston Hughes) STB SE Blessed Be the Flower That Triuhs (Michael devernon Boblett) STB SE Cherish Your Doubt (lexander) STB & piano / SS & piano SE / SE-06-0 Climb (Edna St. Vincent Millay) STB & piano SE Dragon Dance (Elizabeth lexander) S & piano SE Die Gedanken Sind Frei (15 5h century German protest song, arr.) STB & piano SE The Earth Called To My Friend (Nancy Wood) SS & piano SE Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm (Yehuda michai) STB SE Faith Is the Bird That Feels the Light (Rabindranath Tagore) SS SE Fighting Over What We Believe (lexander) SB youth choir, STB & piano SE Finally On My Way To Yes (Pesha Gertler) SSTB & piano SE Folks, I m Telling You (Langston Hughes) SSTB & piano SE For So the Children Come (Sophia Fahs) STB & piano SE Glen Song (Scott Bates) SSTB & piano SE Go Out! (John Murray) STB & piano SE I Write This Poem Out of Darkness (George Ella Lyon) SS, flute, violin & piano SE If You Can Walk You Can Dance (Zimbabwean Proverb) SB & piano / TTB & piano.. SE-0-0 / SE-0-05 Immortal Love (John Greenleaf Whittier) STB SE Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. Polish carol) SS SE The Journey (Evelyn Dudley) TTBB / STB SE / SE Ju! (Ray Bradbury) SS & string quartet SE Life is not a Garden (lexander) STB & piano SE May This Be a Working lleluia (lexander) Children s choir, STB & piano (opt. flute & truets). SE Morning Bread (my Lowell) STB SE or a musician (Philip Dacey) STB & orchestra SE Palette To Paint Us s We re (Gerald Rich) S & piano / STB & piano SE / SE Praise Wet Snow Falling Early (Denise Levertov) STB & piano SE Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery (lexander) SS SE Spring Grass (Carl Sandburg) STB SE They Have Freckles Everywhere (lexander) SS & piano SE Those Who Wish To Sing lways Find a Song (Swedish proverb) SSS, oboe & piano SE-0-01 To Make a Prairie (Emily Dickinson) SS & piano SE Tomorrow, God Willing (Garrison Keillor) TTBB SE Trust the Seeds (lexander) STB SE We Lift Up Our Hearts (Richard Fewkes) Children s choir, STB & piano SE We Remember Them (Sylvan Kamens & Jack Riemer) STB & piano SE Where There Is Light in the Soul (Chinese proverb) SB/STB SE / SE When the Song of the ngels Is Stilled (Howard Thurman) SS / TTBB SE / SE-06-0 Why I Pity the Woman Who Never Spills (Joan Wolf Prefontaine) SS SE For more information about these and over 100 other titles, visit Seafarer Press ~ YOUR DIGITL EDITION LICENSE PPERS HERE. IF BOX IS EMPTY, THIS N UNLICENSED COPY OF THE SCORE.