Description
Originally written for soprano and piano, “So Many Battles Are Accidental” is a setting of an excerpt from the cycle of poems Place of Peace by a poet from Virginia, Katherine E. Young. The piece was premiered by Marilyn Sharp 04/18/2022 at the University of Florida.
Duration: ca. 4’
The piece can be transposed to a different key by request.
“So Many Battles Are Accidental” from Place of Peace
by Katherine E. Young.
So many battles are accidental. Love,
my son, when it finally comes—unlooked-for,
savage, bursting riotous into bloom,
stunning us while we lie dreaming—love’s
the only thing worth fighting for. Its absence
is the wound in the heart, slit in the skin
of the universe through which we fall and, falling,
are lost.
The text is shared with the permission of the author.
For inquiries or performance reports, please email kozhevnikova.e@ufl.edu.
