Choral TTBB choir, piano
SKU: CF.CM9779
Composed by Jonathan
Reid. Duration 3 minutes,
52 seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CM9779. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9779).
ISBN
9781491164501. UPC:
680160923410. Key: E
major. Text: Rudyard
Kipling.
This
classic poem by Rudyard
Kipling can, at first,
sound like a series of
stipulations for manhood.
While it is all wonderful
advice, I chose to set
this text in a way that
gradually transitions
from if you can to
simply, you can!As the
choir moves into the
contrapuntal section at
m. 37, I imagine each
section of the choir
cheering the other
sections on as they
strive for their own
personal greatness. The
basses kick off the
cheers of you can at m.
45, with the whole choir
joining at m. 49, leading
into the rousing final
section of the result of
strong personal choices:
Yours is the earth, and
everything that's in
it.If optional text is
needed for your ensemble
from m. 58 to the end,
consider You'll know the
race is run or a text of
your choosing. .
