The Cherry Trees (Jennifer Bastable)

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•  Posted on 2023-11-14(Posted 2023-11-14)  CPDL #77298:     

Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2023-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 283 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Cherry Trees
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist: Edward Thomas^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description:  A setting for SATB of a short poem by Edward Thomas (1878 – 1917).

Original text and translations

English text

The cherry trees bend over and are shedding
On the old road where all that passed are dead,
Their petals, strewing the grass as for a wedding
This early May morn when there is none to wed.