Wild Swans [HL:48025182]

Wild Swans [HL:48025182]

Boosey & Hawkes

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UPC:
196288113027
Composer:
Christopher Tin
EAN:
9781705183069
ISBN:
1705183069
Instrumentation:
SATB divisi a cappella
Minimum Order Quantity:
5
Pages:
16
UPC:
196288113027
Format:
Octavo. SATB divisi a cappella
Subtitle:
Movement V from The Lost Birds. BH Secular Choral
Original Currency:
USD
Vendor:
Hal Leonard
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“Wild Swans,” a setting of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, ends the first half of The Lost Birds. Told from the point of view of the poet, it starts with the sound of bird cries: gradually approaching from a distance, until they pass overhead, triggering feelings of longing. After an instrumental interlude and the narrator's impassioned declaration of freedom, the song ends as it started--with the cries of wild swans receding into the distance, foreshadowing their demise.