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The Door Standing Open Open derives its title from a Kabalistic phrase that implies the ever present possibility of resuming a dialogue with God. The four songs of this Prophetic cycle for medium or low voice and piano are settings of poems by Robert Mezey and of Mezey;s translations of the Hebrew poetry of Uri Zvi Greenberg. Each song explores a different mood or attitude in an ongoing personal conflict with God - not simply rage or frustration, but several stations in the rocky, passionate path through fate to faith.