Ostara - Veitch, Leanne Daharja

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"1=First release of movement 5, "Ostara" from "Wheel of the Year" as a separate work. <div class="mw-customtoggle-myDivision" style="color:Blue">(Click here for ''What is Ostara?'')</div><div id="mw-customcollapsible-myDivision" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> '''What is Ostara?''' Corresponding with the Christian celebration of Easter (and both festivals derive their names from the Norse Fertility Goddess Eostre), Ostara is a celebration of life and fertility. In the Southern hemisphere, Ostara falls on the 21st and 22nd of September, and in the Northern hemisphere it falls on the 21st and 22nd of March. It is at this time, the vernal equinox, that poultry begin to increase their lay rate, hence the association with eggs at this time. Symbols of the Equinox include fertile animals (hence the association in the Northern Hemisphere with the rabbit at this time of the year) and eggs - a symbol of new life and new beginnings. Colors of the season are soft green, white, and soft yellow, and the festival is associated with Venus, the Goddess of Love, and with children and childhood innocence. Ostara is also associated with the Vernal (Spring) Equinox, and the festival of Alban Eiler (Scottish). It is one of the two annual points of equilibrium and balance. Ostara is a time for collecting wildflowers, and baskets of flowers are traditional. Also traditional are hats and bonnets decorated with flowers and feathers - it is no coincidence that the many racing carnivals where hats, flowers and feathers are most prized, should fall at this time.</div>"

◈ Genre → Pagan music

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 8/8

♬ Voicing → SSATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range C3 – A5

¶ Language → English

Measures 49

Texture Homophonic

Parts 8

Instruments Mixed ensemble: Hand drum and cello (cello may be replaced by keyboard)

Pages 6

CPDL # 23288

Editor Leanne Daharja Veitch

Posted 2011-03-21

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano Solo

C4 – A5

Sopranos

C4 – G5

Altos

C4 – F5

Altos 2

D4 – D5

Altos 3

D4 – D5

Men

C3 – C4

Hand Drum

E4 – E4

Cello

D3 – D3

¶Lyrics / Text

Ostara (repeated) All hail Ostara when all life is reborn Honouring new life on Ostara morn All hail Ostara as the sun rises in the morn from the freezing biting cold of winter all hail the day all hail the light Life rising Life growing Weaving life Rising, lighting, growing, all hail the light!