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		Works > Chamber > Belle Époque  Belle Époque  Year 2014  Length 1:15  Instrumentation  Soprano and Flute  Text Belle Époque Douglas Wagoner (2014) In memory's hands The sounds of laughter— muted, distant— Reverberate again; while the Lurid haze of absinthe's glare, Framed and softened by the space of years, Is dappled with the burnished golden light Of a palimpsest scraped clean By the rolling thunder eastward, Sighing that season's final morn— The slow grind of the wheel of time Replaced the churning of darksome mills With human grist and human corns...  Audio Belle Époque  Score Belle Époque [Score]  Permission to Perform Request permission to perform this piece....

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