The Sable Swan (Geoff Allan)

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  • (Posted 2020-05-27)  CPDL #58846:    Icon_mp3.gif    
Editor: Geoff Allan (submitted 2020-05-27).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 105 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: A part-song or madrigal - same voicing as Gibbons The Silver Swan. In contrast this is about a Black Swan. The piano part is for rehearsal only. If you like it and perform it - do send me a recording. The mp3 file is sung by a sampled choir "Voices of Prague". It will be replaced by a real choir after a performance. It should give you an idea of the sound. The composer suggests listening to the audio while reading the score.

General Information

Title: The Sable Swan
Composer: Geoff Allan
Lyricist: Geoff Allan (James Allan)create page

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2020
Description: A part-song or madrigal - same voicing as Gibbons The Silver Swan. In contrast this is about a Black Swan. The piano part is for rehearsal only. if you like it and perform it - do send me a recording.

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Original text and translations

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The swan in tranquil sail and soft,
On waters calm is making way,
Her head is blithely held aloft,
Her neck, an arch, reflecting in the bay.

No dread adversities forseen,
But since the world is set alight,
This swan is sable hued, serene,
And all must know, not ev'ry swan is white.