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Snowflakes

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Recording: SATB divis, unaccompanied Performed by BYU Singers

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SATB divisi, unaccompanied · Publisher edition

About this song

  • Available forSATB divisi, unaccompanied
  • MusicLane Johnson
  • WordsHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • AccompanimentUnaccompanied
  • LevelAdvanced
  • Duration~5:20
  • Performance noteSuitable for University and advanced Community and High School mixed choirs.

Snowflakes has been described as "a truly breathtaking piece!" Longfellow's simple, yet profound, poetry finds in this setting magnificent expression through lush harmonies, beautiful lines, and a seamless melding of text and music. A winter concert favorite!

This piece was premiered by the Brigham Young University Singers. Since its publishing by Walton Music, Snowflakes has received many performances across America and has been very warmly received by audiences.

Lyrics
Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow. Even as our cloudy fancies take Suddenly shape in some divine expression, Even as the troubled heart doth make In the white countenance confession, The troubled sky reveals The grief it feels. This is the poem of the air, Slowly in silent syllables recorded; This is the secret of despair, Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded, Now whispered and revealed To wood and field.
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