Mazzoli – You are the dust (2012)

“You Are the Dust” is a poignant vocal piece composed by Missy Mazzoli in 2012, featured in her acclaimed chamber opera Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt. It is a reflection on mortality based on the journals of explorer Isabelle Eberhardt, often performed for mezzo-soprano with piano or ensemble.