Alfred Publishing Caged Bird - Angelou/Hayes - TTBB

• Composer/Author: HAYES, MARK
• Instrumentation: TTBB ACCOMP
• Model # 46417

From Like Dust I Rise (A Choral Song Cycle)

Lyrics: Maya Angelou
Music: Mark Hayes
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: TTBB with piano accompaniment

A folk-like setting of Maya Angelou's empowering poem, which compares a bird's longing to be liberated with that of all people. Hayes chooses a minor key with plenty of harmonic tension and a walking tempo that suggests the footsteps of those who have come before. The final Picardy third is the ultimate symbol of freedom.