If I Must Die Let It Be a Tale, O.119 (Verotta, Davide)

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Work Title If I Must Die Let It Be a Tale
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Composer Verotta, Davide
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. O.119
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IDV 72
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 movement
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 2024
First Performance. 2024/11/23
First Publication. 2024
Librettist Refaat Alareer
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 6.5 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation soprano and flute; soprano and piano; tenor and clarinet; tenor and piano

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If I Must Die, Let It Be a Tale is a poem by Refaat Alareer. Alareer was born in Gaza City in 1979. A graduate from University College Landon, and University Putra Malaysia, with a dissertation on John Donne, he taught literature and creative writing at the Islamic University of Gaza. Just weeks after he wrote this poem, on December 6, 2023, Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza, along with his brother, sister, and four of his nephews, during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. Because of the fate that befell his author, this is probably one of the saddest poems ever written. Somehow it manages to deliver a message of hope, and this is my small homage to the writer.