Sonnet: On seeing a piece of our heavy artillery brought into action - Crawford, James

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""Sonnet: Heavy Artillery..." is the second song in a collection of seven songs based upon the poems of Wilfred Owen. It may serve as part of a Remembrance Day event, or a recital or competition. This song would perhaps best suit a baritone voice. This collection is not necessarily intended to be sung as a cycle."

◈ Genre → Art songs

♯ Tonart C minor

⁄ Taktart 2/4

♬ Besetzung → B

◆ Difficulty

Mittelstufe

↕ Tonumfang B,, – e'''

♩ Tempo largo (45)

◷ Dauer ~2 min 19 sec

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Takte 52

Textur mixed texture

Stimmen 3

Instrumente Piano

Seiten 4

CPDL Nr. 56498

Bearbeiter James Crawford

Veröffentlicht 2020-01-02

Lizenz Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

♫Tonumfänge

Voice

G – f'

Piano

B,, – A-4

Schlagwörter

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Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm, Great Gun towering towards Heaven, about to curse; Sway steep against them, and for years rehearse Huge imprecations like a blasting charm! Reach at that Arrogance which needs thy harm, And beat it down before its sins grow worse. Spend our resentment, cannon,-yea, disburse Our gold in shapes of flame, our breaths in storm. Yet, for men's sakes whom thy vast malison Must wither innocent of enmity, Be not withdrawn, dark arm, thy spoilure done, Safe to the bosom of our prosperity. But when thy spell be cast complete and whole, May God curse thee, and cut thee from our soul!