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Title

Consolations

Author(s)

Joshua Iyer, Augustana College, Rock Island IllinoisFollow

Document Type

Musical Composition

Streaming Media

Publication Date

Spring 3-22-2019

Disciplines

Composition

Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement

This piece was written on a walk one afternoon as a meditative reflection work. It is dedicated in memory of all those who have lost their lives due to the worst tragedies – mainly the Holocaust at the outbreak of WWII and, most recently, the New Zealand mosque attacks. The title of the piece comes from a term in the Kaddish, a Jewish hymn that was my starting point for my desire to write this work. The title, Consolation, is my attempt at looking back at these vicious attacks as a person of privilege trying to share my own emotions towards them. May we all find peace in each other in a world filled with so much hate.

Comments

1st Place Winner, 2019

Augustana Digital Commons Citation

Iyer, Joshua. "Consolations" (2019). Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/geifmanprize/12

Creative Commons License

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