{"product_id":"candey-what-i-didnt-know-before-just-theory","title":"Candey: What I Didn't Know Before","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/griffin-candey\"\u003eGriffin Candey (1988-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano, Medium Voice\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: What I Didn't Know Before (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork Language\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-language\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.5\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e11.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 12\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat I Didn't Know Before,\u003c\/em\u003e a setting of a really gorgeous poem of the same name by Ada Limón, was commissioned by NYC's Mirror Visions Ensemble as part of their Young Composers Competition in 2021. I had been a tremendous fan of Limón's poetry for years before that, so as we lobbed poetry back and forth, I included a handful of her poems—and this one stuck with all of us the most. The poem relies on a simple, heartfelt image: the poet describing how love came to them suddenly, like a newborn horse that, shortly after its arrival, is already up and moving full speed, \"a four-legged beast hellbent on walking.\" \"What was between us wasn't a fragile thing to be coddled, cooed over,\" writes Limón. \"It came out fully formed, ready to run.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42300332441679,"sku":"147-025-FS","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/30861cd88a86dd3edce1743c763e5788.png?v=1752090374","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/candey-what-i-didnt-know-before-just-theory","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}