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that often when I sang I found my eternity."
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© Christopher Healey, 2013
Duo I
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Duo II
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Duo III
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Duo IV
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© Christopher Healey, 2013
Duo V
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Duo VI
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Duo VII
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Solo Voice I
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but for the moment's whim.
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Solo Voice II
& 44Soprano œb - œ- œ- œ-In the drow sy
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dark caves of the mind,
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dropped from day's caravan.
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Solo Voice III
& 87 44Soprano œ# - œ- œ- œ# > œ>Mem (o)ry the priest ess
Memory, the priestess,kills the present
and offers its heart to the shrine of the dead past.
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Solo Voice IV
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
Solo Voice V
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St Tagore's CathedralMusic: Christopher HealeyText: Rabindranath Thakur
© Christopher Healey, 2013
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