About This Piece
A setting of a poem by Marianne Moore ripe with text painting about the wonder to behold a jellyfish undulating under water. Great for an advanced high school treble ensemble! A lyrical setting with a beautiful piano accompaniment gives it an art-song feeling.
Lyrics
Visible, invisible, A fluctuating charm, An amber-colored amethyst Inhabits it; your arm Approaches, and It opens and It closes; You have meant To catch it, And it shrivels; You abandon Your intent— It opens, and it Closes and you Reach for it— The blue Surrounding it Grows cloudy, and It floats away From you.
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