In Search of Beauty
Malcolm Dedman

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Instrumentation

Baritone
1
Piano
1

Additional Information

This song was originally written in 1989, but revised and reprinted in 2011.

It is a setting of three 'Hidden Words' by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.  These Words express the idea that, in order to see real beauty, we must look beyond the material world and search more spiritual realities.

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baritone
piano

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Score file
In Search of Beauty.pdf
Minutes
4