Requiem (epitaph for RLS) (Mark Chapman)
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CPDL #28381: LilyPond
- Editor: Mark Chapman (submitted 2013-02-23). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 160 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
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General Information
Title: Requiem (epitaph for RLS)
Composer: Mark Chapman
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SAB
Genre: Secular, Ode
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Never published
Description: Most of the piece is bass solo, either unaccompanied, or accompanied by a wordless alto part. The chorus echoes the soloist. The solo part should be performable by any moderately experienced bass chorister.
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Original text and translations
Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.