Sweet vesper hymn - Smart, Henry Thomas

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"The metronome mark in the source is quaver=92. This is ridiculously fast and the speed has been halved in this edition."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key B- major

⁄ Time Signature 2/4

♬ Voicing → SATBB|add= with minor Tenor divisi.

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range F2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 78

Texture mixed texture

Parts 7

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 78016

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-12-08

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

F4 – F5

Alto

D4 – D5

Tenor

F3 – F4

Bass

E-3 – C4

Bass II

F2 – B-3

Practice only.

F2 – D4

¶Lyrics / Text

Sweet vesper hymn, now soaring to the sky! Gladly swelling on the evening gale, Telling the hour of peaceful rest draws nigh. Rest to the peasant's cot and fisher's sail. Loudly pealing o'er the sleeping ocean, Softly fading where in skies afar, Happy emblem of the heart's devotion Brightly burns the early twilight star. Sweet vesper hymn! sweet vesper hymn! Sweet vesper hymn, while yet the sunset beams, Shining golden leave the mountain steeps, Sweetly each tone a voice of seraph seems, Voice as of one that prayerful vigil keeps. Loudly pealing filled with rapt emotion, Floating softly but with joy to cease, Leaving hearts that thrill with deep devotion, Shining in the light of blissful peace! Sweet vesper hymn! sweet vesper hymn!