How calmly the evening - Elgar, Edward

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⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key C minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range E-2 – E-5

¶ Language → English

Measures 57

Texture Homophonic

Parts 6

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 76281

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-10-12

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – E-5

Alto

B-3 – A-4

Tenor

E-3 – E-4

Bass

E-2 – B-3

Rehearsal only

E-2 – E-4

¶Lyrics / Text

How calmly the evening once more is descending, As kind as a promise, as still as a prayer; O wing of the Lord, in Thy shelter befriending, May we and our households continue to share. We come to be soothed with Thy merciful healing; The dews of the night cure the wounds of the day; We come, our life's work and its brevity feeling, With thanks for the past, for the future we pray. Lord, save us from folly; be with us in sorrow; Sustain us in work till the time of our rest; When earth's day is over, may heaven's tomorrow Dawn on us, of homes long expected possest.