SSAA choir and piano - Medium - Digital Download

SKU: MQ.1.3647-E

Composed by Matthew A. Armstrong and Shelly Armstrong. Instrument part. 5 pages. Galaxy Music Corporation - Digital #1.3647-E. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation - Digital (MQ.1.3647-E).

English.

Tennyson's beautiful poem is set in a lyrical and reflective way. May be performed as part of a trilogy of Tennyson poems.

Choral Choir (SSAA) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1040678

Composed by Alan Bullard. Children,Classical,Contemporary. Octavo. 8 pages. Colne Edition / BullardMusic #645451. Published by Colne Edition / BullardMusic (A0.1040678).

Sweet Music' is a setting of the opening lines of Alfred Tennyson's 'Song of the Lotos Eaters' and the the floridly textured poetry has inspired Alan Bullard to write a song full of colour, flowing lines, and rich harmony.

Alan Bullard’s choral works are performed worldwide, and many have been recorded and broadcast. He has a growing reputation for music that choirs enjoy performing, and which speaks directly to audiences.
The Colne Choral Series contains a range of Bullard’s pieces for adult and youth choirs of all types, including cantatas and choral suites as well as individual movements. For full details please visit www.colneedition.co.uk or www.alanbullard.co.uk.

Choral Choir,Choral (SSAA) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1013920

Composed by Cheryl Terhune Cronk. A Cappella,Contemporary. 11 pages. Foxglove Music Press #28929. Published by Foxglove Music Press (A0.1013920).

The lullaby poem, Sweet and Low, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, is set to music in this lyrical a cappella piece written for four women's voices (SSAA). Counter melodies make each part a pleasure to sing.

SSAA choir and Piano - Digital Download

SKU: LX.15-3393H

Composed by Peter J. Durow. Peter J. Durow Choral Series. General. Octavo. 12 pages. Heritage Music Press #e15/3393H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LX.15-3393H).

ISBN 9780787753283.

This intimate setting of a text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson features accessible two to three part voice writing with a lovely, supportive piano part adding to its rich texture. The Splendour falls on castle walls and snowy summits old in story ... Our echoes roll from soul to soul and grow forever. Unequalled in beauty of text and music!

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..