Choral SATB choir
SKU:
PR.312419150
Composed
by Adolphus Hailstork. 8
pages. Duration 3
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41915.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.312419150).
ISBN
9781491136027. UPC:
680160688173.
Chora
l literature played a
major role in Adolphus
Hailstork’s early
inspirations, as he grew
up singing in choirs.
While in college, he
created this beautifully
plaintive madrigal,
setting the words of
Orlando Gibbons’
familiar “The
Silver Swan.†The
result is a strikingly
powerful new setting, a
perfect partner to the
iconic work from the
Renaissance, and an early
glimpse of
Hailstork’s
magnificent career filled
with choral and vocal
music. THE SILVER SWAN is
in a traditional tonal
language and scored for a
cappella S.A.T.B. chorus
without divisi, making it
easily within reach of
choirs of all levels.