{"product_id":"never-in-word-becker","title":"Becker-Never in Word (SP)-B\/V\/Cro.\/M\/SVX\/PN","description":"Never in Word by Bob Becker is a piece scored for solo soprano and four percussionists. The piece begins in a very fast tempo which is maintained until the palindromic line in the second stanza: \"time in change and change in time\", when the tempo shifts to a somewhat slower pace. Two places in the poem suggest extended musical development. The first is after the last line of the first stanza: \"but music heard\". There is no punctuation following the word hear, even though the first word of the succeeding stanza is capitalized. It is as if the poet pauses here momentarily to listen, perhaps to some imagined music. This section of the piece is purely instrumental - the singer is tacet. The second development occurs after the last line of the fifth stanza (the very end of the poem): \"never in word\". This time the development includes vocalise - wordless singing. The piece ends with a return to the fast tempo and opening material, played by the instruments alone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lyrics are from a short poem by the American author Conrad Aiken. The poem itself is untitled but appears as number eighty-three in an extended series of ninety-six poems under the collective title TIME IN THE ROCK or Preludes to Definition (first copyrighted in 1932 and published in 1953 by Oxford University Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentation: Soprano solo and 4 players. Marimba (4.5 F), vibraphone, 3va glockenspiel\/crotales and piano. All parts are challenging. Soprano requires high B-flat. 10 minutes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusic will more nimbly move\u003cbr\u003ethan quick wit can order word\u003cbr\u003ewords can point or speaking prove\u003cbr\u003ebut music heard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow with successions can it take \u003cbr\u003etime in change and change in time\u003cbr\u003eand all reorder, all remake\u003cbr\u003ewith no recourse to rhyme!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet us in joy, let us in love,\u003cbr\u003esurrender speech to music, tell\u003cbr\u003ewhat music so much more can prove\u003cbr\u003enor talking say so well:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove with delight may move away\u003cbr\u003eLove with delight may forward come\u003cbr\u003eOr else will hesitate and stay\u003cbr\u003efinger at lip, at home,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut verse can never say these things;\u003cbr\u003eonly in music may be heard\u003cbr\u003ethe subtle touching of such strings,\u003cbr\u003enever in word.","brand":"Steve Weiss Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43804025389110,"sku":"BECKERNEVER","price":17.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/3055\/1350\/files\/becker-never-in-word-sp-b-v-cro-m-svx-pn.jpg?v=1773396916","url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.com\/products\/never-in-word-becker","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}