Owls (An Epitaph) - Elgar, Edward

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"Op. 53, No. 4"

⌛ Period → Romantic

◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♯ Key C# major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 5-6)

↕ Range G2 – C5

¶ Language → English

Measures 38

Texture Homophonic

Parts 4

Instruments SATB

Pages 8

CPDL # 76273

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-10-12

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

SOPRANO

B3 – C5

ALTO

A-3 – G4

TENOR

B2 – D#4

BASS

G2 – A-3

¶Lyrics / Text

What is that?…Nothing; The leaves must fall, and falling, rustle; That is all; They are dead As they fall, – Dead at the foot of the tree; All that can be is said. ... What is it? …Nothing; What is that?…Nothing; A wild thing hurt but mourns in the night, And it cries In its dread, Till it lies Dead at the foot of the tree; All that can be is said. What is it? …Nothing; What is that? …Ah! A marching slow of unseen feet, That is all: But a bier, spread With a pall, Is now at the foot of the tree; All that could be said; Is it… what. …Nothing.

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