By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Edited by Alfred Dorffel. Arranged b...(+)
By Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
Edited by Alfred Dorffel.
Arranged by August Horn.
Choir and piano. For Solo
voices, SATB Choir,
Piano. This edition:
Paperback. Oratorio
(complete),
Transcriptions, Original
Works, Choral. Romantic
Period; Sacr. Large Vocal
Score. Romantic Period;
Sacred/Hymns, German.
Choir Secular (SATB choir) SKU: AP.48984 The Big Bang Theory * Everywh...(+)
Choir Secular (SATB
choir)
SKU:
AP.48984
The Big
Bang Theory * Everywhere
You Look * I'll Be There
For You. Arranged by
Jack Zaino. MakeMusic
Cloud; Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Pop Choral Series.
Form: Medley. Pop;
Secular; TV. Choral
Octavo. 24 pages. Alfred
Music #00-48984.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.48984).
UPC:
038081563084.
English.
This
binge-worthy mini-medley
is three minutes and
twenty seconds of
fantastic fun! No need to
reach for the remote, the
fast-paced rock-out
feature flies through
three of the most iconic
TV themes . . . ever.
Thanks to streaming
services, the shows you
loved in the 80s, 90s,
and 2000s are once again
at the top of everyone's
watchlist. Appealing to
all ages. It's as catchy
as the catchphrases How
you doin'? You got it,
dude! and Bazinga! This
title is available in
MakeMusic Cloud.
About Alfred
Pop Choral
Series
The
Alfred Pop Series
features outstanding
arrangements of songs
from the popular music
genre. These publications
provide exciting,
contemporary, and
educationally-sound
arrangements for singers
of all ages, from
elementary through high
school, to college and
adult choirs.
SATB chorus and piano SKU: JK.19990 Composed by Janice Kapp Perry. Choral...(+)
SATB chorus and piano
SKU: JK.19990
Composed by Janice Kapp
Perry. Choral General
Conference, Choral SATB,
Difficulty Medium, Piano
Choir, Special Events
Home and Family, Hope,
Jesus Christ - Savior.
Christian, Inspirational.
Jackman Music Corporation
#19990. Published by
Jackman Music Corporation
(JK.19990).
Hebrews
9:28, John 14:6*** Some
Janice Kapp Perry
products may require a
few days additional
shipping time. Thank
you!
46 new hymns,
inspired by the General
Conference addresses of
Elder Jeffry R. Holland.
(October 1994 - April
2017). Collection
includes: All Ye Who
Watch the Master's
Sheep Are the Heavens
Truly Open? Are We
Not All Beggars? As
an Ensign to the
Nations A Sinless,
Pure and Holy Man Be
Clean, Oh House of
Israel Be Not Afraid,
But Be Believing
Bless Me to Be a Little
More Like Thee Do You
Love Me? Christ Can
Heal the Broken
Hearted ever We'll
Remember For God
Loves Us With All His
Heart For God So
Loved the World God
Has Raised Up Noble
Daughters God will
Never Leave the Weary
He Will Bring Rest to
Your Soul His More
Excellent Way Holy
Father, King of
Heaven How Fair Upon
the Mountain I Am a
Child of Destiny I
Bear My Witness of the
Lord In Heaven There
Is a Law Inviting All
to Come to Christ I
Testify I Would Be
Thy True Disciple let
Not Your Heart Be
Troubled Let Thy Word
Be In Our Hearts
Lord, Accept My Humble
Offering Lord, I
Believe Lord, I'll
Strive to Live Worthy of
Thy Love Lord, We
Pray For All the
Children May We Have
the Tongues of Angels
My Life is Not My Own
None Were With Him Oh
Come Ye Heavy Laden
Come Our Faith Unites
Us With One Heart The
Keys of the Kingdom
The Love of God Is
Without End The
Mother of All Living
The Words of God Will
Never Cease The Worth
of Souls Is Great
Indeed Through a
Thousand Generations
To the Rising
Generation Who Will
Now Speak For the
Widow? Wilt Thou,
Lord, In Me Abide You
Can Always Come Back
Home Composer: Janice
Kapp Perry Lyricist:
David B.
Larsen Reference:
Hebrews 9:28, John
14:6 *** Some Janice
Kapp Perry products may
require a few days
additional shipping time.
Thank you!
15
Outstanding Arrangements
for Choir. This
edition: Paperback.
Choral. Excel Series.
Southern Gospel and
Sacred. Bulk CDs (10
pack). Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.765762076525).
UPC:
765762076525.
Bulk
pack of ten performance
demo CDs, each in a paper
sleeve; useful as an aid
for choir members
learning music.
Value-priced.
Choral (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.48022495 SATB and Harp or Piano, New Editi...(+)
Choral (SATB Choir)
SKU: HL.48022495
SATB and Harp or
Piano, New Edition.
Composed by Benjamin
Britten. Boosey & Hawkes
Sacred Choral. Classical.
Octavo. 12 pages. Boosey
& Hawkes #M051481583.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48022495).
ISBN 9781476871486.
UPC: 884088669676.
6.75x10.5
inches.
Texts:
Latin and
English
Publisher:
Boosey &
Hawkes
Difficulty
level: 3
The
Ceremony of Carols is
one of Britten's
best-known and
most-performed works. It
is a brilliantly
conceived and dramatic
concert work which sees
the voices process to
their places singing
unaccompanied plainsong
and, at the end,
processing out again to
the same chant. These
movements can also be
accompanied but strictly
only if the voices do not
process. The final
Alleluia can be repeated
as many times as
necessary to get the
singers to and from their
destination.The carols
are for three-part
children's voices
(though, of course they
can be sung by female
adults as well) and they
form a two-part work
around a central
Interlude for harp which
is based on the plainsong
from the Procession.
Variety is the key word
here as all the carols
have such individual
identities. The
forthright Wolcum Yole!,
the deliciously lyrical
There is no Rose, the
swinging Balulalow, the
fiery and dramatic This
little Babe all
contribute to a work
which is a feast of
discovery throughout.
Lovely solos and duos add
further colour and the
harp part, an inspired
choice of accompaniment,
enriches, colours and
surrounds the voices with
its pictorial musical
imagery. If anything
shows Britten's genius
for writing for voices it
must be this
work.
The
challenges here are in
creating a real equality
between voice parts,
fielding a confident pair
of soloists, and making
the most of the
wonderfully colourful
poems Britten has chosen
to set. Pronunciation is
not really an issue, but
when I recorded this work
with the Finzi Singers I
decided to follow the
example of Sacred and
Profane and use authentic
medieval pronunciation
for which an expert coach
was necessary. It brings
an added element of
colour to a familiar
aural
experience.
Arranged by Pete Schmutte. For Choir. (SATB). Choral Octavo. Pop Choral Series....(+)
Arranged by Pete
Schmutte. For Choir.
(SATB). Choral Octavo.
Pop Choral Series. TV.
Choral Octavo. 12 pages.
Published by Alfred
Publishing. Level:
Moderate (grade 3).
10
Southern Gospel Favorites
- Large Print, No
Repeats. Composed by
Steve Mauldin & Dave
Clark. Arranged by Steve
W. Mauldin. This edition:
Large Print. Choral.
Sacred. Split-channel
accompaniment CD.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762172425).
UPC:
765762172425.
Toes
will be tapping and
hearts will be singing
when you introduce your
choir and congregation to
this joy-filled
collection of 10 Southern
Gospel old school
classics. Created by Dave
Clark and Steve W.
Mauldin and arranged and
orchestrated by Mauldin
Songs of Victory is part
of the Lillenas Large
Print No Repeats series
and is perfect for a
memorable program or for
special numbers all year
round. Your congregation
will love the delightful
mix of both upbeat and
contemplative songs and
your basses will
appreciate that this
collection has parts
written especially for
them. Add Songs of
Victory to your music
library today!
SATB Divisi and Piano, with Opt. Drum Set and Bass Choral (SATB DIVISI) SKU: ...(+)
SATB Divisi and Piano,
with Opt. Drum Set and
Bass Choral (SATB DIVISI)
SKU: HL.1197758
The Jason Max
Ferdinand Choral
Series. Arranged by
John Stoddart. Gentry
Publications. Spiritual.
Octavo. 20 pages. Gentry
Publications #JG2663.
Published by Gentry
Publications
(HL.1197758).
UPC:
196288134886.
6.75x10.5x0.045
inches.
Here's a
choral fantasy on the
traditional African
American spiritual,
“Soon I Will Be
Done.†The grave
Wagnerian opening sets
the stage for the fiery
main theme of the
piece–a triplet
feeling motif in the
lower piano that
continues under each
chorus statement of the
melody. The choir
re-enters in the role of
the
“orchestraâ€
in the second chorus with
a haunting legato counter
melody that leads up to
the first verse. Each
verse should have a
Gospel/Stride feel with
the choir, particularly
the upper voices,
switching to a more
Gospel sound and rhythmic
feel. The A sections
should be performed with
aggression and angst to
contrast the calm legato
middle section. That
middle section is our
musical prayer of hope
that, like the sentiment
of this Spiritual, will
continue to live in our
hearts despite the
sometimes difficult
realities of life.
I Will Rise Chorale SATB [Octavo] Beckenhorst Press
I Will Rise by Craig Courtney. Arranged by Craig Courtney and Lynda Hasseler. Fo...(+)
I Will Rise by Craig
Courtney. Arranged by
Craig Courtney and Lynda
Hasseler. For SATB choir.
Capital University Choral
Series. Sacred. Octavo.
16 pages. Published by
Beckenhorst Press
I Got Rhythm * 'S Wonderful * They Can't Take That Away from Me * ...(+)
I Got Rhythm * 'S
Wonderful *
They Can't Take That
Away
from Me * I'll Build
a
Stairway to Paradise *
Love
Is Here to Stay *
Embraceable
You * Fascinating Rhythm.
Composed by Ira Gershwin
and
George Gershwin
(1898-1937).
Arranged by Adam Podd and
Matt Podd. Performance
Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Pop Choral Series.
Form: Medley. Broadway;
Great
American Songbook;
Secular.
Choral Octavo. 24 pages.
Alfred Music #00-47665.
Published by Alfred Music
Opera in three
acts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Bernd Baselt.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Serie
II-Supplement/1. Oper,
Barock (Opera, Baroque).
Complete edition, Score.
HWV A. Duration 2 hours.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04045_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA04045).
ISBN
9790006443536. 33 x 26.1
cm inches. Text Language:
Italian.
Anonymus.
In 1734
Handel provided the
pasticcio “ Oreste
†for his third
operatic enterprise
which, following the
bankruptcy of the Royal
Academy and its successor
academy, felt threatened
by competition from the
newly-founded Opera of
the Nobility. Hence, the
composer did not compile
the work from favourite
movements from his own
and other composer's
pieces as was usual at
that time; rather in
“ Oreste †he
presented a selection of
the most beautiful arias
and ensembles exclusively
from his own operas. In
addition, he expanded the
ballet and choral scenes
which he thought would
make a great impact after
the move into the newly
built Covent Garden
Theatre. As most of
the singers in his
Italian company had been
enticed away by the
competition, Handel
increasingly began to
engage English virtuosi.
He probably even worked
on the new version of the
libretto himself in order
to place the new stars in
the limelight to the best
effect.
The new
vocal score is based on
Volume 1 of the
Supplement to Series II
of the “Halle
Handel†Edition
edited by Bernd Baselt
.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
/p>
MUSICOLOGICA
LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
well-presented layout and
a user-friendly
format - Excellent
print quality -
Superior paper and
binding
15
Outstanding Arrangements
for Choir. Choral.
Excel Series. Southern
Gospel and Sacred.
Split-channel
accompaniment CD.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762076129).
UPC:
765762076129.
Split
-channel accompaniment CD
can be used for both
rehearsal and
performance. Each
contains the instrumental
accompaniment on one
channel, vocals on the
other. For performance
purposes, only the
accompaniment channel is
normally used. Includes
multiple r.
SATB choir SKU: ST.EM33 Composed by Richard Alison. Edited by Edmund H Fe...(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
ST.EM33
Composed by
Richard Alison. Edited by
Edmund H Fellowes.
Library Volumes. Edited
Edmund Fellowes. Revised
Thurston Dart. Paperback.
Madrigals. Choral Score.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#EM33. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.EM33).
ISBN
9790220200076.
This
interesting collection
looks back to the
'Winter' of Byrd and
Mundy in the conservative
settings of such verse as
My prime of
youth (see EM35B);
but it is also a
contemporary record, with
two madrigals celebrating
the failure of Guy
Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot
against James I.
CONTENTS Behold now
praise the Lord (S (or A)
S (or A) TBB) But yet
it seems (SSAB) Can I
abide this prancing?
(SSATB) Earth's but a
point (SSATB) For
Lust is frail (SSATB)
He only can behold
(SSAB) Her eyes like
angels (SSATB) I can
no more but hope
(SSAB) In hope a King
(SSAB) My prime of
youth (SSAB) O heavy
heart (SSAB) O Lord
bow down thine ear
(SATTB) Rest with
yourselves (SSATB)
Shall I abide this
jesting (SSATB) The
man upright of life
(SSAB) The sacred
choir of angels
(SATBB) The Spring is
past (SSAB) The
stately stag (SSATB)
The sturdy rock
(SSATB) There is a
garden in her face
(SSATB) Those
cherries fairly do
enclose (SSATB)
Though Wit bids Will
(SSAB) What if a day
(SSATB) Who loves
this life (SSAB).
Take Him, Earth Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.342402020 In Memoriam John F. Kennedy...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.342402020
In Memoriam John F.
Kennedy, 1917-1963.
Composed by Steven
Stucky. Sws. Premiered by
ACDA National Conference,
Craig Jessop, cond.;
Meyerson Symphony Center,
Dallas, TX. Secular
choral. Performance
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed
November 3 2012. 24
pages. Duration 13
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #342-40202.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.342402020).
ISBN
9781598064995. UPC:
680160616084. 8.5 x 11
inches. English. Text:
William Shakespeare;
Aurelius Prudentius
Clemens; Aeschylus.
Aurelius Clemens, William
Shakespeare, Aeschylus.
Texts from Aurelius
Prudentius Clemens,
Aeschylus, and William
Shakespeare.
When
Tim Sharp, Executive
Director of the ACDA,
offered Stucky the Brock
Memorial Commission, it
was decided that the text
would commemorate the
50th anniversary of the
assassination of John F.
Kennedy, since the annual
convention would take
place in Dallas of that
year. To that end, Stucky
chose four different but
pertinent texts to honor
the occasion, although
never referencing JFK by
name. Take Him, Earth was
premiered at the ACDA
convention in March,
2013. Originally scored
for chorus and chamber
ensemble of nine
instruments (available on
a rental basis), Take
Him, Earth is presented
here in piano reduction.
For advanced choirs.
Duration: 13'. When
Tim Sharp, Executive
Director of the American
Choral Directors
Association, very
kindlyoffered me the
Raymond W. Brock Memorial
Commission for 2013, he
suggested that because
thepremiere would take
place at the national
conference in Dallas in
the 50th year since the
assassinationof John F.
Kennedy in that city, the
text might refer in some
way to that grim
anniversary. Hesuggested,
too, that I consider
using a chamber ensemble
or chamber orchestra to
accompany thechorus.I
took these suggestions to
heart, but at the same
time I wanted to write
something universal
enoughto be appropriate
on other occasions, in
other settings. Thus the
score is dedicated to
PresidentKennedy’s
memory, but otherwise he
is never referred to by
name. Instead, I
assembled a group oftexts
that are associated with
him in some way, but that
also stand alone as a
more general eulogy.As a
refrain, there are a few
lines from the early
Christian burial hymn
that begins “Take
him,Earth, for
cherishingâ€
— lines that were
earlier set to music by
Herbert Howells in his
classic motetcommissioned
for Kennedy’s
memorial service in 1963.
The lines of Aeschylus
“Drop, drop
— inour sleep,
upon the heart sorrow
falls†from
Agamemnon were quoted by
Robert F. Kennedy uponthe
death of Martin Luther
King in April 1968. The
celebrated “When he
shall die, cut him out
inlittle starsâ€
from Act III of
Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet was
cited by RFK a few months
after hisbrother’s
murder.
SATB choir SKU: ST.EM34 Composed by Thomas Vautor. Edited by Edmund H Fel...(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
ST.EM34
Composed by
Thomas Vautor. Edited by
Edmund H Fellowes.
Library Volumes. Edited
Edmund Fellowes. Revised
Thurston Dart. Paperback.
Madrigals. Collection.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#EM34. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.EM34).
ISBN
9790220217746.
Chie
fly remembered in
performance nowadays for
his beautiful Sweet
Suffolk Owl, Vautor
represented the
conventional, anonymous
polyphony of the
successors to Gibbons and
Weelkes - but there are
still trouvailles
in these 22
pieces.
CONTENTS Ah, sweet,
whose beauty (SSATB)
And yet, O dream (SSA (or
T) TB) Blush, my rude
present (SSATTB) Come
forth, sweet nymph (SSAT
(or A) B) Cruel
Madame (SSATB) Dainty
sweet bird (SSATTB)
Fairest are the words
(SSATB) Lock up, fair
lids (SSATB)
Melpomene, bewail (SS and
instruments) Mira
cano, sol occubuit
(SSATB) Mother I will
have a husband
(SSATB) Never did any
more delight (SSATB)
O merry world (SSAT (or
A) B) Shepherds and
nymphs (SSATTB) Sing
on, sister, and well met
(SSATB) Sweet Suffolk
owl (SSAT (or A) B)
Sweet thief (SSATB)
Thou are not fair (SSAT
(or A) B) Unkind, is
this the meed?
(SSATTB) Weep, weep,
mine eyes (SS and
instruments) Whilst
fatal sisters
(SSATTB) Yet love me
not (SSAT (or A) B).
SATB choir SKU: ST.EM21 Composed by Thomas Bateson. Edited by Edmund H Fe...(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
ST.EM21
Composed by
Thomas Bateson. Edited by
Edmund H Fellowes.
Library Volumes. Edited
Edmund Fellowes. Revised
Thurston Dart. Paperback.
Madrigals. Choral Score.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#EM21. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.EM21).
ISBN
9790220200854.
CONT
ENTS Adieu, sweet
love (SSA(or T)B)
Alas, where is my love?
(SSA(or T)TB) And
must I needs depart?
(SSATB) Ay me, my
mistress scorns (SST)
Beauty is a lovely sweet
(SAT) Come, follow
me, fair nymphs (SAT)
Dame Venus hence to
Paphos go (SSAT) Dear
if you wish my dying
(SSATTB) Down from
above falls Jove
(SATB) Fair Hebe,
when dame Flora (SST(or
A)T(or A)TB) Hark,
hear you not? - Oriana's
farewell (SSATB) If
love be blind (SATB)
Love would discharge
(SST) Merrily my love
and I (SST(or A)T(or
A)B(or T)B) Music
some think no music is
(SSATTB) O fly not,
love (SSA(or T)A(or
T)T) Phyllis,
farewell (SATB)
Phyllis, farewell (SSA(or
T)A(or T)TB) Sister,
awake (SSATB) Strange
were the life (SAATB)
Sweet Gemma (SSATB)
The nightingale so soon
as April (SST(orA))
Those sweet delightful
lilies (SSATB)
Thyrsis on his fair
Phyllis' breast (SSAA(or
T)TB) When Oriana
walked (SSATTB) Who
prostrate lies (SSAT(or
A)B) Wither so fast?
(SATB) Yet stay alway
(SSA(or T)TB) Your
shining eyes (SAB).
Hymn-Anthems for Mixed Voice Choirs. Edited by Barry Rose. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Hymn-Anthems for Mixed
Voice Choirs. Edited by
Barry Rose. Music Sales
America. Hymns, Sacred,
Collection, General
Worship. 96 pages.
Novello and Co Ltd.
#NOV040044. Published by
Novello and Co Ltd.
Composed by David Willcocks. For SATB choir accompanied and unaccompanied. Chris...(+)
Composed by David
Willcocks. For SATB choir
accompanied and
unaccompanied. Christmas
Carols. Level B-C (easy -
moderately difficult).
Vocal score. 96 pages.
Published by Oxford
University Press
Malaika Chorale SATB SATB, Percussion(s) Carl Fischer
Angel. Composed by Fadhilli William Mdawida. Arranged by Russell L. Robinson. ...(+)
Angel. Composed by
Fadhilli
William Mdawida. Arranged
by
Russell L. Robinson. Sws.
Octavo. 16 pages.
Duration 3
minutes, 4 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9650.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music
Popular Christmas Classics and Carols. Arranged by Don Marsh. (SATB). Praiseson...(+)
Popular Christmas
Classics and Carols.
Arranged by Don Marsh.
(SATB). Praisesong
Christmas Series. Sacred.
Size 6.75x10.5 inches. 72
pages. Published by
Praisesong.
Choral SATB Choir and Piano SKU: CF.CM9740 Composed by Mark Burrows. 16 p...(+)
Choral SATB Choir and
Piano
SKU:
CF.CM9740
Composed by
Mark Burrows. 16 pages.
Duration 4 minutes, 22
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CM9740. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9740).
ISBN
9781491161203. UPC:
680160919789. Key: Bb
major. English. Siegfried
Sasson.
Everyone
suddenly burst out
singing; And I was filled
with such delight As
prisoned birds must find
in freedom... These
opening lines to Everyone
Sang by the British war
poet Siegfried Sassoon
feel as relevant today as
they did when the poem
was first published in
1919. It was after the
end of World War I and
these words capture so
much of the collective
exhilaration, relief, and
pure joy about the Great
War finally coming to an
end. And yet Sassoon
himself felt none of that
when he wrote this poem.
In his own words, he was
feeling dull-minded and
depressed. Perhaps his
time in the trenches was
still too recent. One of
the reasons the creative
arts are so powerful is
that a poet like Sassoon
(or a painter like Van
Gogh or a composer like
Mahler) can take their
own feelings of deep
sadness or pain and
transform them into
something beautiful, even
uplifting. Everyone Sang
is a celebration of the
promise that things can
get better, that there
are things worth looking
forward to. The
poem itself has so much
rhythm and musicality.
The appearance of
suddenly in the first
line of each verse gives
those verses a rush of
energy. Attention to the
crescendo in measure 7,
and again in measure 37,
from mf to f will help
the listener experience
that rush. There are
expressive opportunities
with so many of the
poet's bold choices of
action words - burst,
winging, and shaken. Then
there's alliteration - a
poetic device that can be
overdone, but Sassoon
strikes a wonderful
balance. Suddenly/singing
(measures 6-7 and 10-11)
Find/freedom (measure
21-22) Winging/wildly
(measure 23) Setting/sun
(measures 47-49)
Was/wordless (measures
65-75) Give these
alliterations just a hint
of emphasis (without
overdoing) to bring out
the natural rhythm of the
text. And just as
O is set apart in the
poem by punctuation, I
wanted the musical
setting - in measure 57 -
to honor that feeling of
wonder - ...O, but
Everyone Was a bird; and
the song was wordless;
the singing will Never be
done. Friends, there is
so much good ahead, so
much to be excited about.
May the singing never be
done. Everyone
suddenly burst out
singingAnd I was filled
with such delightAs
prisoned birds must find
in freedom…These
opening lines to Everyone
Sang by the British war
poet Siegfried Sassoon
feel as relevant today as
they did when the poem
was first published in
1919. It was after the
end of World War I and
these words capture so
much of the collective
exhilaration, relief, and
pure joy about the
“Great Warâ€
finally coming to an end.
And yet Sassoon himself
felt none of that when he
wrote this poem. In his
own words, he “was
feeling dull-minded and
depressed.†Perhaps
his time in the trenches
was still too recent.One
of the reasons the
creative arts are so
powerful is that a poet
like Sassoon (or a
painter like Van Gogh or
a composer like Mahler)
can take their own
feelings of deep sadness
or pain and transform
them into something
beautiful, even
uplifting. Everyone Sang
is a celebration of the
promise that things can
get better, that there
are things worth looking
forward to. The poem
itself has so much rhythm
and musicality.The
appearance of
“suddenly†in
the first line of each
verse gives those verses
a rush of energy.
Attention to the
crescendo in measure 7,
and again in measure 37,
from mf to f will help
the listener experience
that rush.There are
expressive opportunities
with so many of the
poet’s bold
choices of action words
– burst, winging,
and shaken.Then
there’s
alliteration - a poetic
device that can be
overdone, but Sassoon
strikes a wonderful
balance.Suddenly/singing
(measures 6-7 and
10-11)Find/freedom
(measure
21-22)Winging/wildly
(measure 23)Setting/sun
(measures
47-49)Was/wordless
(measures 65-75)Give
these alliterations just
a hint of emphasis
(without overdoing) to
bring out the natural
rhythm of the
text. And just as
“O†is set
apart in the poem by
punctuation, I wanted the
musical setting –
in measure 57 - to honor
that feeling of wonder
–…O, but
EveryoneWas a bird; and
the song was wordless;
the singing willNever be
done. Friends, there
is so much good ahead, so
much to be excited
about.May the singing
never be done.
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