New Work Started

With the first submission submitted and 3 others to go. I set down last night and began working on my a capella vocal piece. The text for this work is one that I have been wanting to set for quite some time. At the beginning of Poe's Metzengerstein is a quote by Martin Luther: Living I was your plague, dying I shall be your death. This text is powerful to me in both meaning and power. When I first seen it, I knew that it deserved musical setting! So, onward I compose!