{"id":1314,"date":"2016-10-20T18:28:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T17:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:49:25","slug":"when-i-close-my-eyes-i-dream-of-peace-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/when-i-close-my-eyes-i-dream-of-peace-2\/","title":{"rendered":"When I close my eyes I dream of peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>When I close my eyes, I dream of peace <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>for mixed choir in many languages<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 10 minutes<br \/>\n1. Just in English, 4 min<br \/>\n2. In twelve tongues, 6 min<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics in this piece is just one sentence long, said by an eleven year old Croatian boy during the Yugoslav Wars:<br \/>\nWhen I close my eyes, I dream of peace<br \/>\nNo name were to be found where I found this text.<\/p>\n<p>Part 1 \u2013 Just in English is a tunelike mixture of English and onomato-poetic syllables.<br \/>\nPart 2 \u2013 In twelve tongues is sung in different languages where each language has its own melody and character. I have in many cases used scales and rhythms from the corresponding language: In Arabic there is a beautiful Arabic scale, in Swahili the lyrics are sung in a rhythmic, groovy way, in Russian the melody sounds deep and emotional through a male choir, in Swedish the danceble tune is sung in 3\/4 metre, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>This piece is a peace project, so feel free to use it with variation and in a suitable way for your choir. 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