Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1018288

Composed by Timothy Lee Miller. Contemporary,Contest,Festival. Score. 27 pages. TLM Music Publishing #623889. Published by TLM Music Publishing (A0.1018288).

Art song setting of three poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: The Day Is Done, Sleep, and Daybreak.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1007057

Composed by Johnson Gao. Concert,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,World. Octavo. 7 pages. Johnson Gao #6645107. Published by Johnson Gao (A0.1007057).

The Arrow and the Song

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) 

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where; 

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight 

Could not follow it in its flight. 

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where; 

For who has sight so keen and strong, 

That it can follow the flight of song? 

Long, long afterward, in an oak 

I found the arrow, still unbroke; 

And the song, from beginning to end, 

I found again in the heart of a friend.

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.939743

Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century. 18 pages. Richard St. Clair #3258153. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939743).

Lyrical songs in a post-Romantic style with some modern-day harmonies.  The 4 songs are settings of selections from the larger poetic cycle, Tales of a Wayside Inn, by the 19th century American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Total duration: about 10 minutes. Range of soprano part: two octave range, B-flat below Middle C to High B-natural.

SATB choir unaccompanied - Medium - Digital Download

SKU: MQ.8320-E

Composed by Ronald Perera. Advanced/Collegiate. Secular, Christmas, Christmas-Sacred. Octavo. 14 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 40 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8320-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8320-E).

This setting of the well known Christmas poem 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day' restores some of the language that is commonly left out of most hymnals. This setting restores some of the anguish associated with the Civil War and allows for a tension not often associated with this text. A powerful setting.

The title of the original Longfellow poem is 'Christmas Bells.' Charles Appleton Longfellow was the eldest son of the famous poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Fannie Elizabeth Appleton, who lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In March of 1863, with the Civil War then in its third year, nineteen year old Charley ran away to Washington to join the Union Army. He presented himself for enlistment to the commander of Battery A of the 1st Massachusetts Artillery, who knew the boy. The officer contacted Henry who reluctantly gave his permission for the boy to enlist.

Charley proved himself such an exceptional soldier that he was soon offered a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Artillery. He first saw action at the Battle of Chancellorsville. In June he was briefly invalided home following a bout of typhoid fever and malaria, rejoining his unit in August. Then in November, during the Battle of New Hope Church, Charley was shot through the left shoulder, the bullet just grazing his spine. He narrowly avoided being paralyzed. Henry received word of Charley’s wounding on December 1, and he and a younger son went immediately to Washington, where Charley was in hospital, and brought him home to Cambridge. It was while nursing his son in his slow recovery that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow composed this poem during Christmas, 1863. -Ronald Perera
Duration: 4:40.

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

SKU: A0.1141619

Composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks. Arranged by Scott S. Stewart. 20th Century,Christmas,Contemporary,Holiday,Religious. 12 pages. Scott S. Stewart #741957. Published by Scott S. Stewart (A0.1141619).

The Christmas carol I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, based on the 1863 poem Christmas Bells by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was set to music by Johnny Marks in 1956. Longfellow’s poem tells of the impact of hearing Christmas bells during the American Civil War. Marks, and other arrangers and performers normally omit the mention of the war in their adaptations of the poem. This arrangement uses the complete text of Longfellow’s masterpiece, and through respect to the text, (using choral colors and styles), honors what this arranger considers to be Marks intention, a simple hymn-tune narrative of America in time of crisis much like today. This arrangement in scored for 4-part SATB ensemble with piano accompaniment. Performance time: 4:15+-.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1044420

Composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Score and parts. 11 pages. Exultet Music #649152. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1044420).

The tender setting by Johnny Marks set to the words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has been freshly arranged for a String Quartet (Violin (2), Viola, Cello) with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting.

Instrumental Solo,Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1044453

Composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Score and individual part. 7 pages. Exultet Music #649187. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1044453).

The tender setting by Johnny Marks set to the words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has been freshly arranged for a Flute or Violin solo with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting.

Choral Choir (SA) - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1044315

Composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Octavo. 4 pages. Exultet Music #649071. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1044315).

The tender setting by Johnny Marks set to the words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has been freshly arranged for a 2-part choir (SA) with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting.

Choral Choir (SATB divisi) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1169891

Composed by English Folk Song, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and John Baptiste Calkin. Arranged by Mark R Lewis. Christmas,Folk,Holiday,Religious,Traditional. Octavo. 23 pages. Mark R Lewis #770256. Published by Mark R Lewis (A0.1169891).

On Christmas Day is a medley of I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day and I Saw Three Ships by Mark R Lewis. John Baptiste Calkin wrote the music for I Heard the Bells in 1872 as an adaptation of the earlier poem Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I Saw Three Ships is an English carol thought to originate from the 17th century, though the lyrics used is most modern arrangements come from later published versions.

This arrangement is intended to be performed by SATB divisi choir and accompanied by a 3-5 octave handbell choir. All four voice parts pass the melody back and forth and are featured at different times and explore different vocal and accompaniment styles throughout the piece. Most intermediate choirs should be able to perform this piece, although the basses and alto should be able to sing down to a D2 or an F3 respectively (there are optional notes if this is too low). The handbell part is not particularly difficult but is active across the whole ensemble and uses mallets through one of the middle verses. There are also several key changes that will require quick bell changes or sharing of bells. It is also worth noting that I Heard the Bells is in 4/4 and I Saw Three Ships is in 6/8.

This download includes a piano and choir score for when handbells are not an option as well as the handbell sheet music. Handbells are the preferred accompaniment, although it will still sound good with just piano.

String Quartet String Quartet - Digital Download

SKU: A0.929313

By MercyMe. By Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Brown Bannister, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Marks, Mike Scheuchzer, Nathan Cochran, and Robby Shaffer. Arranged by Bob Mathews. Contemporary. Score and parts. 16 pages. Bob Mathews #6183533. Published by Bob Mathews (A0.929313).

This is a flexible arrangement of this lovely carol from the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  Playable by any string instrument as a solo, or any combination of instruments.  A wonderful addition to any Christmas concert.