Composer: Michał ZiółkowskiDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 5 voices or moreVoicing: SSAATBBIncidental Divisi: TAccompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standardPerformance Length: 5:04 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresOrder site / Alternate source of score: herbsareflying@gmail.com Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): EnglishText Source: Edgar Allan PoeText: ’Twas noontide of summer, And mid-time of night; And stars, in their orbits, Shone pale, thro' the light Of the brighter, cold moon, 'Mid planets her slaves, Herself in the Heavens, Her beam on the waves. I gazed awhile On her cold smile; Too cold— too cold for me— There pass'd, as a shroud, A fleecy cloud, And I turned away to thee, Proud Evening Star, In thy glory afar, And dearer thy beam shall be; For joy to my heart Is the proud part Thou bearest in Heaven at night, And more I admire Thy distant fire, Than that colder, lowly light. Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: moderateDescriptive Terms: distantEdgar Allan PoemelancholyAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movementComposer’s Notes: Edgar Allan Poe’s poem Evening Star became very personal to me. I have written music about memorable events in my life. I felt like this poem was about me. Additional InformationDate of Completion: October, 2013Date of First Performance: Saturday, November 30, 2013Premier Performance Data: Rondo Voice Ensemble (Małgorzata Podzielny, cond), Academy od Music, Wrocław, Poland