Twilight
SSAA + piano
This setting of Sara Teasdale’s contemplative text begins with a delicate, dreamy texture, and builds to the fullness of night. The independent piano part plays a featured role in setting the scene, with raindrops and bird calls woven into the texture.
Duration: 5:00 Difficulty: 3 (medium)
Text: Sara Teasdale (1884–1931)
Twilight
Dreamily over the roofs
The cold spring rain is falling;
Out in a lonely tree
A bird is calling, calling.
Softly over the earth
The wings of night are falling;
My heart, like the bird in the tree,
Is calling, calling, calling.
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