I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Duration:
1'00"
Year Composed:
2019
Instrumentation:
Soprano, Cello, and Piano
About the Work
While originally writing a 100-Note work,- Emily Dickinson's poem "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" became the springboard for a sad, yet sweet, one minute work. Dickinson's, usually tongue-in-cheek poem became a melodious duet between Soprano voice and cello, in tandem, with one another. Both voices representing two "Nobodies" that Dickinson describes. The piano ties both voices together with a "Romeo and Juliet"-esq first meeting.
Text
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
Text by:
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
