They Asked Him If He Wanted a Priest (Barbara Rosen)

Music files

Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2020-08-08). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 222 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

Title: They Asked Him If He Wanted a Priest
Composer: Barbara Rosen
Lyricist: Barbara Rosen

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Composed: 2006
Description: On his deathbed, Henry Hetland was asked if he wanted a priest. "No!" he said, quite emphatically.

English text

“No!” he said, his last and final word.
A life of integrity rounded off to one syllable at the end.
He said “No!”