There Will Come Soft Rains (2007)
... Commissioned by the El Diamante High School Miner Choir (Visalia, California) ...
Nelson, Bradley (born in 1950) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Gladde Music Publications
[USA]
, 2007
Ref. :
GMP0701
(15 p.)
Type of material:
Choral score
Copyright :
Gladde Music Publications
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
21st century
(2001-2010)
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular
Mood of the piece:
melancholic ; evocative ; haunting
Type of Choir:
SATB (div.) (4 mixed voices )
Instruments:
Piano (1) ; Vibraphon (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
Tonal centers ; polychordal
Duration:
4.0 min.
Origin:
USA
Comment(s):
Poet Sara Teasdale employs the gentle image of soft rainfall and the calmness of nature to lull the reader into a false sense of well-being. Poetically, it is significant that the first mention of something man-made, a low fence-wire, provides a perch f
