A Dust of Snow
for soprano and piano
By Christian Erickson
A Dust of Snow is a setting of the Robert Frost poem of the same name from his 1923 collection New Hampshire; a poem with notes and grace notes. This miniature is set in an accessible, lyrical style with a vocal range from E4 to G5. The text is as follows…
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
This edition is an 8.5" x 11" score arranged for soprano voice and piano. A karaoke-style rehearsal recording of this song's accompaniment is available in mp3 format as a free download.