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.

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.

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.

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+-.

Choral Choir (SAB) - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1044309

Composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Octavo. 5 pages. Exultet Music #649061. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1044309).

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

Choral Choir (TB) - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1044319

Composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Octavo. 4 pages. Exultet Music #649075. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1044319).

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

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Trombone,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.759461

By MercyMe. By Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Brown Bannister, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Marks, Mike Scheuchzer, Nathan Cochran, and Robby Shaffer. Arranged by Tim Olt. Contemporary. Score and parts. 3 pages. Olt Music #6672237. Published by Olt Music (A0.759461).

This Johnny Marks setting of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem has become a modern holiday standard.  This version incorporates some baroque accompaniments.

Choral Choir (2-Part) - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1044313

Composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Octavo. 4 pages. Exultet Music #649065. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1044313).

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

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1042432

Composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Score. 4 pages. Exultet Music #647217. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1042432).

The tender setting by Johnny Marks set to the words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has been freshly arranged for a Vocal solo (High Key - F Major) with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting.