SSAA choir, piano or chamber orchestra (strings: 5-5-3-3-3) - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.6377-E Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. 12 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #6377-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.6377-E). English.Crossing the Bar creates images of the sea, with the final voyage leading us out across the water, to see our Pilot, face to face. The musical setting endeavors to express the growth from peaceful to ecstatic moods, the tolling of the bell, the meeting of the Pilot. May there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to see.The poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) is characterized by dark, yet transcendent imagery -- the depths of the ocean, the triumph of the spirit. These poems seem well-suited to musical settings for Men's Chorus. The deep tones. The sonority of male voices (perhaps speaking for the poet) rising in song.Throughout the varied imagery of this poetry -- the depth of the sea, the dark of the night, the tumult of passion and the acceptance of death -- there speaks one, central message. Love was my lord and king..

Choral Choir,Choral (SSAA) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1209585 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Karen Ivana. A Cappella,Celtic,Folk,Irish,Traditional. 4 pages. Karen Ivana #807736. Published by Karen Ivana (A0.1209585). A traditional love song, popular in the USA, although originally a Scottish song, in an arrangement with a reflective, mystical and occasionally dark feel, for a cappella SSAA choir.

Choral Choir (SSAA) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1040536 By Alan Wagstaff. By Alan Wagstaff. Arranged by Alan Wagstaff. Celtic,Folk,Irish,Traditional. Octavo. 45 pages. Alan Wagstaff #639233. Published by Alan Wagstaff (A0.1040536). 'Do As You Will' is a folksy, Celtic feel choral song arranged for SSAA -with harp, flute, fiddle, and accordion accompaniment. Its shifting tonality adds complexity. The lyric is female point of view: Do As You Will Once I had a soldier lad who swore he’d love me truly. Ah! But now those days are gone! When the battle raged he turned his heel and followed duly. I gave him the salute and soldiered on. The wind’s about the barley and the mice are in the meal, so rise up bright and early all young lasses if you would do as you will. Then I loved a farmer’s son whose trinkets were his kisses. Ah! But now those days are gone! But on the road to market he had scores of narrow misses. I tossed him out for chaff and ploughed straight on. The wind’s about the barley and the mice are in the meal, so rise up bright and early all young lasses if you would do as you will. Next I had a blacksmith who was swarthy, dark, and handsome. Ah! But now those days are gone! He stole away my store of coin and ran off with the ransom. I hope he finds the fires! I’m forging on! The wind’s about the barley and the mice are in the meal, so rise up bright and early all young lasses if you would do as you will. Jack the Tinker courted me, and he was ever willing. Ah! But now those days are gone! Everywhere he plied his trade he fell to Jack and Jilling. I rattled his old pans and wandered on. The wind’s about the barley and the mice are in the meal, so rise up bright and early all young lasses if you would do as you will. There’s no faith in any man, not even my own brother. Ah! But would those days were gone! Girls, if you but would, or can, you’d best love one another and leave them all behind and carry on! The wind’s about the barley and the mice are in the meal, so rise up bright and early all young lasses if you would do as you will.

Choral Choir (SSAA) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.892538 Composed by Joyce Todd McBride. Arranged by Joyce Todd McBride. A Cappella,Contemporary,Folk,Jazz. Octavo. 7 pages. Buckwheat Music #4780801. Published by Buckwheat Music (A0.892538). Wildwood is an original song for 4 voices.  It has a medium swing tempo and rich jazzy harmonies.  It can be sung SSAA or SSAT.  The difficulty level is early advanced. There are syncopated rhythms and complex harmonies.  The Alto 2 part is a focal point in that it has a very fun bass line, which is nice since many alto 2 parts are not that fun!  (that part can also be sung by tenor).  The unusual text is a rather dark love song that can be taken in a romantic sense, or in more of a nature/cosmic sense.  Words and music by Joyce Todd McBride.