When Mary thro' the garden went - Stanford, Charles Villiers

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"This piece is often mis-categorized as an anthem or miscellaneous sacred work. Though devotional (sacred) in character, it is #3 of Opus 127–a set of secular partsongs, all settings of poems by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge."

⌛ Period → Late Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key D major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range A2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 57

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments A cappella

Pages 6

CPDL # 53656

Editor Jon Arnold

Posted 2019-03-22

License Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – G5

Alto

C#4 – D5

Tenor

D3 – F#4

Bass

A2 – D4

Piano

A2 – F#4

¶Lyrics / Text

:When Mary thro' the garden went, :There was no sound of any bird, :And yet, because the night was spent, :The little grasses lightly stirred, :The flowers awoke, the lilies heard. :When Mary thro' the garden went, :The dew lay still on flower and grass, :The waving palms above her sent :Their fragrance out as she did pass. :No light upon their branches was. :When Mary thro' the garden went, :Her eyes, for weeping long, were dim. :The grass beneath her footsteps bent, :The solemn lilies, white and slim, :These also stood and wept for him. :When Mary thro' the garden went, :She sought within the garden ground, :One for Whom her heart was rent, :One Who for her sake was bound, :One Who sought, and she was found.