Anthem for doomed youth - Winikoff, Michael

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"The poem ''Anthem for Doomed Youth'' paints in vivid imagery the funeral of soldiers in the great war. Those who fall like cattle do not have the usual trappings of a funeral: passing bells, prayers, bells, mourning voices, bugles or candles. Instead, they have only the guns' monstrous anger, and the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle. The voice of mourning is that of the shrill demented choirs of wailing shells. I have set this text as a funeral march which follows Wilfred Owen's text and paints the guns' rapid rattle, the bugles, and the wailing demented choirs. The march closes with a quiet a cappella section, bringing peace to the fallen. Like Owen's poem, I hope this piece of music manages to evoke the horrific nature of war, and perhaps encourage us all (and especially our leaders, elected or otherwise) to try harder to avoid war and seek peaceful solutions instead. The piece was composed in 1995 and revised in February 2008. Duration: approx. 5:10"

◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key C major

⁄ Time Signature 2/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range C1 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 122

Texture Homophonic

Parts 6

Instruments Piano

Pages 8

CPDL # 23241

Editor Michael Winikoff

Posted 2011-03-09

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

B3 – G5

Alto

E3 – D5

Tenor

D3 – A4

Bass

D2 – D4

Piano

C1 – F#3