With a desolate and despairing opening, this piece is a "winter song" that is anything from bright. The minimalist piano part creates a wash of color and blurs into a sort of soundscape. "Toku-toku" is a Japanese onomatopoeia roughly equivalent to "drip-drop" in English, and the rest of the extremely evocative text for this piece will appeal to young singers. In addition, I have ensured that the piece contains "flexible voicings," so that is may be performed effectively with either middle school singers or upper-level groups. This piece is part of an (in-progress) choral song cycle featuring several haiku by renowned poet Matsuo Basho, including "Aki No Kaze."

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