Northwest windsong - Bird, Peter

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"The text is a new poem about the wild beauty of the rocky coast which stretches from central California north to Alaska. Length 5 minutes."

◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key D major

⁄ Time Signature 3/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range E1 – E7

♩ Tempo andantino (80)

◷ Duration ~6 min 16 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 157

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments Piano

Pages 19

CPDL # 25246

Editor Peter Bird

Posted 2011-12-30

License Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike

♫Pitch Ranges

SOPRANO

D4 – C6

ALTO

A3 – D#5

TENOR

D3 – G#4

BASS

G2 – D#4

PIANO

E1 – F#5

¶Lyrics / Text

Rain-coast out of time, washed by wild water and wind. Unsleeping watchmen cypress cling to broken rock; seal floats along with the tide. Rivers and mountains and waves in the sky; Grey is the wind and the rain lashing by. Road ends at this sign. Find your own way to go on. Follow the sea spray from the bay to open swell, boat growing smaller each mile. Rivers and mountains and waves in the sky; Great is the wind and the rain lashing by. Eagle in the sky wheels in the arms of the wind: master of chaos. Orcas lead and follow us: power of muscle and mind. Rivers and mountains and waves in the sky; Great is the ocean of wind rushing by. Still fog after dawn whispered that nothing is real. One island, three trees. Then a squall that lifts the veil: Roaring, the world is renewed! Rivers and mountains and waves in the sky; Great is the spirit of wind rushing by.