Green Singer - Chapman, Mark

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"The setting mimics the alternating moods of the poem, and may instead be performed SSA (see above) or even SSBar. Tenors finding the low As uncomfortable can sing Es (or in one place, an F) instead, although of course there should still be some voices on the As too."

⌛ Period → Contemporary ◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → TTB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range A3 – F5

♩ Tempo 75

◷ Duration ~4 min

¶ Language → English

Measures 91

Texture mixed texture

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 5

CPDL # 56898

Editor Mark Chapman

Posted 2020-02-03

License Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano I

E4 – F5

Soprano II

D4 – E5

Alto

A3 – B4

¶Lyrics / Text

ALL singers have shadows that follow like fears, But I know a singer who never saw tears: A gay love—a green love— delightsome! divine! The Spring is that singer— an old love of mine! All players have shadows and into the play Old sorrows will saunter— old sorrows will stay. But here is a player whose speech is divine! The Spring is that player— an old love of mine! All singers grow heavy: the hours as they run Bite up all the blossoms, suck up all the sun. But I know a singer, delightsome! divine! The gay love—the green love— an old love of mine!