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*{{PostedDate|2020-01-16}} {{CPDLno|56655}} [[Media:O_Heart_of_Spring.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:O_Heart_of_Spring.midi|{{mid}}]] [[Media:Heart of Spring.mscz]] | *{{PostedDate| 2020-01-16}} {{CPDLno|56655}} [[Media:O_Heart_of_Spring.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:O_Heart_of_Spring.midi|{{mid}}]] [[Media:Heart_of_Spring.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:O_Heart_of_Spring.ly|{{Ly}}]] [[Media:Heart of Spring.mscz|{{Muse}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Mark Chapman|2020-01-16}}{{ScoreInfo|A4| | {{Editor|Mark Chapman|2020-01-16}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|14|262}}{{Copy|Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|The music may be freely performed etc. but the poem is copyright University of Sydney (Australia). When I spoke to them about it, they seemed pretty relaxed about non-commercial use.}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Heart of Spring''}} | |||
{{Composer|Mark Chapman}} | {{Composer|Mark Chapman}} | ||
{{Lyricist|John Shaw Neilson | {{Lyricist|John Shaw Neilson}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | {{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Pub|1|Never published}} | {{Pub|1|Never published}} | ||
{{Descr|This poem by an Australian author was set during a period where the composer made a point of seeking out poetry from his native country. It's a fairly old-fashioned poem, even for the period it was written, so the Stanford-like musical language used seemed appropriate. Choirs are invited to perform it with or without piano accompaniment.}} | |||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
Please note that this text is © University of Sydney Library and is not to be used for commercial purposes without permission | Please note that this text is © University of Sydney Library and is not to be used for commercial purposes without permission | ||
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- (Posted 2020-01-16) CPDL #56655:
- Editor: Mark Chapman (submitted 2020-01-16). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 262 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: The music may be freely performed etc. but the poem is copyright University of Sydney (Australia). When I spoke to them about it, they seemed pretty relaxed about non-commercial use.
General Information
Title: Heart of Spring
Composer: Mark Chapman
Lyricist: John Shaw Neilson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: Never published
Description: This poem by an Australian author was set during a period where the composer made a point of seeking out poetry from his native country. It's a fairly old-fashioned poem, even for the period it was written, so the Stanford-like musical language used seemed appropriate. Choirs are invited to perform it with or without piano accompaniment.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Please note that this text is © University of Sydney Library and is not to be used for commercial purposes without permission https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/pages/contact-us
English text
O HEART of Spring!
Spirit of light and love and joyous day
So soon to faint beneath the fiery Summer:
Still smiles the Earth, eager for thee alway:
Welcome art thou, so ever short thy stay,
Thou bold, thou blithe newcomer!
Whither, oh whither this thy journeying,
O Heart of Spring!
O Heart of Spring!
After the stormy days of Winter's reign
When the keen winds their last lament are sighing
The Sun shall raise thee up to life again:
In thy dim death thou shalt not suffer pain:
Surely thou dost not fear this quiet dying?
Whither, oh whither blithely journeying,
O Heart of Spring!
O Heart of Spring!
Youth's emblem, ancient as unchanging light,
Uncomprehended, unconsumed, still burning:
Oh that we could, as thee, rise from the night
To find a world of blossoms lilac-white
And long-winged swallows unafraid returning…
Whither, oh whither this thy journeying,
O Heart of Spring!