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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{CPDLno|15068}} [[Media:Innisfree.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Innisfree.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:Innisfree.sib|{{sib}}]] (Sibelius 4)
*{{NewWork|2007-09-21}} '''CPDL #15068:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/a/af/Innisfree.pdf {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f4/Innisfree.mid {{mid}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d1/Innisfree.sib Sibelius 4]
{{Editor|Peter Bird|2007-09-21}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|15|147}}{{Copy|Personal}}
{{Editor|Peter Bird|2007-09-21}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|15|147}}{{Copy|Personal}}
:Copyright © 2007 by George Peter Bird. This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded.
:'''Edition notes:''' Copyright © 2007 by George Peter Bird. This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded.


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''The lake isle of Innisfree''<br>
'''Title:''' ''The lake isle of Innisfree''<br>
'''Composer:''' [[Peter Bird]]<br>
{{Composer|Peter Bird}}
'''Number of voices:''' 4vv<br>
{{Lyricist|William Butler Yeats}}
'''Voicing:''' SATB chorus; with T, A, & S solos<br>
 
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Partsongs|Partsongs]]<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} with SAT solos<br>
'''Language:''' [[English]]<br>
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
'''Instruments: '''Piano<br>
{{Language|English}}
'''Published: '''2007<br>
{{Instruments|Piano}}
'''Description: '''Stanzas 1 & 2 are introduced by soloist(s) and echoed by chorus;  
{{Pub|1|2007}}
stanza 3 is choral. To reflect the different moods and rhythms of these stanzas,  
 
the time signature changes from 3/4 to 2/2 to 5/4, but the length of each bar
'''Description:''' Stanzas 1 & 2 are introduced by soloist(s) and echoed by chorus; stanza 3 is choral. To reflect the different moods and rhythms of these stanzas, the time signature changes from 3/4 to 2/2 to 5/4, but the length of each bar remains the same, giving a slow underbeat of 24/minute. Length 5 minutes.
remains the same, giving a slow underbeat of 24/minute. Length 5 minutes.


'''External websites: '''http://peterbird.name/choral/
'''External websites:'''
* http://peterbird.name/choral/


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.


{{Text|English}}
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.


I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,<br>
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;<br>
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,<br>
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.<br>
I hear it in the deep heart's core.}}
<br>
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,<br>
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;<br>
There midnight's all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow,<br>
And evening full of the linnet's wings.<br>
<br>
I will arise and go now, for always night and day<br>
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;<br>
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,<br>
I hear it in the deep heart's core.<br>
<br>
William Butler Yeats (1892)


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  • CPDL #15068:      (Sibelius 4)
Editor: Peter Bird (submitted 2007-09-21).   Score information: Letter, 15 pages, 147 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Copyright © 2007 by George Peter Bird. This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded.

General Information

Title: The lake isle of Innisfree
Composer: Peter Bird
Lyricist: William Butler Yeats

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
with SAT solos
Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 2007

Description: Stanzas 1 & 2 are introduced by soloist(s) and echoed by chorus; stanza 3 is choral. To reflect the different moods and rhythms of these stanzas, the time signature changes from 3/4 to 2/2 to 5/4, but the length of each bar remains the same, giving a slow underbeat of 24/minute. Length 5 minutes.

External websites:

Original text and translations

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I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.