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It Was Not Death

One of Emily Dickinson's darkest poems, which manages to describe the experience of an utterly hopeless (and clinically depressed) person with stunning clarity. The music strives to match word and meaning every step of the way. When performed with Gibson's other two Dickinson settings, this should come first.

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