Requiem (epitaph for RLS) (Mark Chapman)

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• (Posted 2013-02-23)  CPDL #28381:           

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
Lyricist: Robert Louis Stevenson

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAB
Genre: Secular, Ode

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First 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. Recording 26/06/18, Charis Messalina soprano, Jane Godtschalk mezzo soprano, Mark Chapman bass

Original text and translations

English text

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.