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Year composed: 2021

Duration: 3 minutes

“The Cloths of Heaven” is a setting of the poem “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet of the modernist and symbolist movements. It is a very short, simple poem, with an enduring, sentimental message of love and devotion, written by Yeats for his long-time romantic interest and muse Maud Gonne (whom he never married despite proposing on three occasions). This piece explores a mood of longing, with the reaching melodic contours generating a sense of yearning and unmet desire. The piece undergoes harmonic explorations evocative of the text with a warm, enveloping sound.