In praise of song - Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings

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"Composed for the Berks., Bucks. and Oxon. competitive music festival, Oxford (1904)"

⌛ Period → Late Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key B- major

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATB.SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range F2 – A-5

¶ Language → English

Measures 103

Texture mixed texture

Parts 10

Instruments A cappella

Pages 16

CPDL # 78431

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-12-20

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – A-5

Alto

A3 – D5

Tenor

E3 – G4

Bass

F2 – D4

Soprano II

F4 – F5

Alto II

C4 – E-5

Tenor II

F3 – F4

Bass II

F2 – B-3

Practice only

F2 – F4

¶Lyrics / Text

Should there be some hapless wights Pleasure-worn to weariness, And destitute of life's delights, Let them sing a song or twain, 'Twill hearten them to cheeriness And make them feel alive again. Should men's lives be shorn of mirth, Wreck'd by Fate's unkindliness, And their days of little worth, Let them seek in Mu-sic peace, To wean them from their hopelessness, And so from sorrow find release. When our days are full of joy, Brimming o'er with gladness and good, And forgot is all annoy, Singing still will tell the tale, Singing still will fit the mood, With delight that cannot fail. Though rivals in song, In song we unite: Were our deeds e'er so wrong, Our song must be right. It uplifts us, unbinds us, Wherever it finds us, And helps us all day To rejoice in our way, And be strong.