Requiem Song (Arnold Johann Gantvoort)

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• (Posted 2023-10-17)  CPDL #76431:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-17).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 358 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Requiem Song
Composer: Arnold Johann Gantvoort
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 American Book Company
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Original text and translations

English text

Silently, softly
Where the sighing grasses creep,
Many a hero
Lies in dreamless sleep;
All the battles ended,
All the bloody carnage done;
Freedom’s cause defended,
Freedom’s vic’try won.

Heroes, noble heroes,
Wrapped in long and silent sleep,
Heav’n o’er your slumbers
Watch will ever keep,
Watch will ever keep.

Hands folded over—
All the strife and struggle done;
Brothers and lover,
Husband, parent, son;
All the pain and sighing
Soon were ended where they fell,
Now in sleep they’re lying;
Ah! they battled well!