Funereal piece for SSAA chorus unaccompanied. © Copyright 2025, 2026 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The sheet music is available for licensing from the composer, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Link to scrolling score music video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/-wRqYNO0JY4

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft star-shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die. ---Mary Elizabeth Frye The poem above is sometimes called “I Am”...