Conscious. Choral Edition - Crawford, James

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"This choral arrangement is based upon the original solo song and uses the text of the poem by Wilfred Owen."

⌛ Period → 20th Century ◈ Genre → Art songs

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/8

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range C-1 – A6

♩ Tempo lento (50)

◷ Duration ~2 min 48 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 70

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments Piano

Pages 5

CPDL # 62721

Editor James Crawford

Posted 2021-02-07

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

B-3 – A-5

Alto

G3 – D5

Tenor

C3 – B-4

Bass

G2 – E4

Piano

C-1 – F4

¶Lyrics / Text

CONSCIOUS - Wilfred Owen His fingers wake, and flutter up the bed. His eyes come open with a pull of will, Helped by the yellow mayflowers by his head. The blind-cord drawls across the window-sill... What a smooth floor the ward has! What a rug! Who is that talking somewhere out of sight? Three flies are creeping round the shiny jug... 'Nurse! Doctor!' - 'Yes, all right, all right.' But sudden evening blurs and fogs the air. There seems no time to want a drink of water. Nurse looks so far away. And here and there Music and roses burst through crimson slaughter. He can't remember where he saw blue sky... The trench is narrower. Cold, he's cold; yet hot - And there's no light to see the voices by... There is no time to ask...he knows not what.