Unwilling to let the music die, Whitacre turned to his friend and frequent collaborator, poet Charles Anthony Silvestri
When Whitacre sought publication for the piece, he encountered a massive legal hurdle. The Robert Frost Estate refused to grant permission to use the text, as the poem was still under copyright protection. Whitacre was devastated; he had a complete choral work that could legally never be published or performed again. Charles Anthony Silvestri to the Rescue
“Sleep” took on new life in 2011 as the centerpiece of Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 2.0. The idea originated when a teenage girl, Britlin Losee, posted a YouTube video of herself singing “Sleep”. This inspired Whitacre to invite singers from around the world to record themselves singing individual parts. The result was a breathtaking mosaic of — ranging from nine-year-olds to senior citizens.
Unwilling to let the music die, Whitacre turned to his friend and frequent collaborator, poet Charles Anthony Silvestri
When Whitacre sought publication for the piece, he encountered a massive legal hurdle. The Robert Frost Estate refused to grant permission to use the text, as the poem was still under copyright protection. Whitacre was devastated; he had a complete choral work that could legally never be published or performed again. Charles Anthony Silvestri to the Rescue sleep+eric+whitacre+pdf
“Sleep” took on new life in 2011 as the centerpiece of Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 2.0. The idea originated when a teenage girl, Britlin Losee, posted a YouTube video of herself singing “Sleep”. This inspired Whitacre to invite singers from around the world to record themselves singing individual parts. The result was a breathtaking mosaic of — ranging from nine-year-olds to senior citizens. Unwilling to let the music die, Whitacre turned
