I would not paint — a picture — - Rose, Kathryn

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"Composed for Composed for the Chapel Choir of King's College, Aberdeen, for St Cecilia's Day 2017"

⌛ Period → Contemporary ◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 3/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range F2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 49

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments Unknown

Pages 8

CPDL # 47800

Editor Kathryn Rose

Posted 2017-11-30

License Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

B-3 – G5

Alto

G3 – D5

Tenor

D3 – G4

Bass

F2 – D4

For rehearsal only

F2 – G4

¶Lyrics / Text

I would not paint — a picture — I'd rather be the One It's bright impossibility To dwell — delicious — on — And wonder how the fingers feel Whose rare — celestial — stir — Evokes so sweet a torment — Such sumptuous — Despair — I would not talk, like Cornets — I'd rather be the One Raised softly to the Ceilings — And out, and easy on — Through Villages of Ether — Myself endued Balloon By but a lip of Metal — The pier to my Pontoon — Nor would I be a Poet — It's finer — Own the Ear — Enamored — impotent — content — The License to revere, A privilege so awful What would the Dower be, Had I the Art to stun myself With Bolts — of Melody! 1 Corinthians 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.