SSAATTBB choir, a
cappella
SKU:
OU.9780193550988
Composed by Sarah
Quartel. Voice Junction.
Vocal score. 20 pages.
Duration 3.5'. Oxford
University Press
#9780193550988. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193550988).
ISBN 9780193550988. 10
x 7 inches.
For
SSAATTBB unaccompanied
The Island Itself is a
setting of the poem
Homage to Omey by Irish
poet, Joan McBreen. The
imagery of the sea
conveyed in the text is
reflected through
lilting, syncopated
rhythms. The melody is
supported by a bed of
ostinati sung with
vocables.