"I don’t ask you to love me" - SATBB & Piano - ASCAP ID 921495561
"I don't ask you to love me" weaves together fragments of text from John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story Magnetism—though often attributed to Tender is the Night. The result is a deeply reflective meditation on the beauty of impermanence and the quiet ache of memory.
At its heart, the piece explores the tender truth that nothing, not even love, identity, or connection, remains static. Through richly layered harmonies and emotionally intimate phrasing, the music invites performers and audiences alike to embrace the fleeting nature of human experience: to let go with grace, to remember without clinging, and to find meaning in transformation.
Ideal for collegiate or professional ensembles, this work offers opportunities for expressive nuance, dynamic shaping, and interpretive storytelling. Its emotional depth makes it especially suited for concert themes centering around change, nostalgia, identity, or the passage of time.
Price includes an open performance license allowing as many copies as is required to be distributed, and allows for recordings of performances to be posted or streamed.
"I don’t ask you to love me" - SATBB & Piano - ASCAP ID 921495561
"I don't ask you to love me" weaves together fragments of text from John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story Magnetism—though often attributed to Tender is the Night. The result is a deeply reflective meditation on the beauty of impermanence and the quiet ache of memory.
At its heart, the piece explores the tender truth that nothing, not even love, identity, or connection, remains static. Through richly layered harmonies and emotionally intimate phrasing, the music invites performers and audiences alike to embrace the fleeting nature of human experience: to let go with grace, to remember without clinging, and to find meaning in transformation.
Ideal for collegiate or professional ensembles, this work offers opportunities for expressive nuance, dynamic shaping, and interpretive storytelling. Its emotional depth makes it especially suited for concert themes centering around change, nostalgia, identity, or the passage of time.
Price includes an open performance license allowing as many copies as is required to be distributed, and allows for recordings of performances to be posted or streamed.
