A gray day and quiet - Jennifer Bastable

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"A setting for five voices (SSATB) of John Freeman's poem 'Last Hours.'"

◈ Genre / Form → Art Song

♯ Key G minor

⁄ Time Signature 6/4

♬ Voicing → SSATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range G2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 72

Texture Homophonic

Parts 5

Instruments SSA, TB

Pages 8

CPDL # 84241

Editor Jennifer Bastable

Posted 2025-03-18

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

E4 – F5

Alto

A3 – A4

Tenor

F#4 – D5

Bass

G2 – B#3

¶Lyrics / Text

A gray day and quiet, With slow clouds of gray, And in dull air a cloud that falls, falls All day. The naked and stiff branches Of oak, elm, thorn, In the cold light are like men aged and Forlorn. Only a gray sky, Grass, trees, grass again, And all the air a cloud that drips, drips, All day. Lovely the lonely Bare trees and green grass-- Lovelier now the last hours of slow winter Slowly pass.