Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.1000880 Composed by Charles Griffin. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary,Spiritual. Octavo. 6 pages. Coriolis Press #5996667. Published by Coriolis Press (A0.1000880). SATB a cappella, ca 3' - Text by Richard Eberhard (see below)Commissioned as part of Faith Partners, a residency underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Wolfensohn Family Foundation, and supplemental funding from St. Bartholomew's Church, St. Ignatius-Loyola and Temple Emanu-el. Premiered by St. Bartholomew's Church, William Tully, Rector, under the direction of William Trafka.Text:In after time, when all this dreamBecomes pure dream, and roughest yearsLie down among the tender grass,And spring up sentient upon the meadow;In that after time of great-born Aprils,Beyond a century of tatters and malice,When love has thrown out fear and madnessThe eyes will see the sun as wonder.In after time, when rage and chaosLose their sov'reign force, new dreamWill lift the shining life to spiritAnd mate the make of man to merit.Then shall holy summers come; then laughterGodlike shake upon a dewy morning;Then fullness grow - big with purpose,And man shall know again his richness.
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