SATB choir, divisi, a
cappella (SATB) -
Moderately Difficult
SKU:
OU.9780193512061
Composed by Gabriel
Jackson. Secular Choral -
Mixed Voices. New
Horizons. Vocal score. 16
pages. Duration 10'.
Oxford University Press
#9780193512061. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193512061).
ISBN 9780193512061. 12
x 8 inches.
For
SATB (with divisions)
unaccompanied The text
for this part-song is a
deftly chosen selection
of lines from Keats' Ode
to a Nightingale.
Jackson's setting
features many of his
stylistic hallmarks:
glissandi, melismas,
aleatoric patterns, and
solo lines that float
above the texture. Highly
attractive and suitable
for summer concerts.
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