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TASHME

Composer: David Kai

David Kai grew up in Toronto attending the Centennial-Japanese United Church. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, the Humber College music program where he specialized in arranging and composing, and The Centre for Christian Studies. Commissioned as a diaconal minister in 1987, David served in pastoral charges in Birtle, Manitoba, Orleans, Ontario and Ajax, Ontario. David has written hymn tunes and arrangements in collaboration with authors and composers such as Ruth Duck, Linnea Good, Neil Lemke, Pat Mayberry, Jeeva Sam, Doreen Lankshear-Smith and Brian Wren. He was a member of the committee that produced the Voices United hymn book, and also provided music for the Bible Quest curriculum. His hymns and arrangements have appea… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: TASHME
Composer: David Kai (1995)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 32116 12212 34532
Key: F Major
Copyright: Music copyright © 1994 David Kai.

Texts

Midnight Sharpness, Starfields, Fading

Midnight sharpness, star-fields, fading,
creeping hues engulf the east,
strips of grave-cloth cloud reflecting
faintest lines in crimson grey:
Herald Dawn's first heartbeat glowing,
blood-red streaks of fire flow
'cross the fields of furrowed labour,
signs of living, promise, hope.

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