Peace
SATB divisi a cappella
Sustained slow notes in the lower voices portray peaceful waters while top voices take the tune. As the piece progresses, it expands into divided choirs of treble and low voices. This vocal orchestration is then combined to form a climactic SSAATTBB choir. The rhetorical peaceful waters of peace swells and rises in the climax, then recedes back to repeated word, “peace, peace…” for a calm conclusion.
Duration: 3:00 Difficulty: 4 (medium advanced)
Text: Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), adapted
Peace
Peace flows into me
As the tide to the pool by the shore;
It is mine forevermore,
It will not ebb like the sea.
I am the pool of blue
That worships the vivid sky;
My hopes were heaven-high,
They are all fulfilled in you.
I am the pool of gold
When sunset burns and dies, —
You are my deepening skies,
Give me your stars to hold.
topics: secular, peace, love, water, waves, elements,
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