I stood beside a hill (Jennifer Bastable)

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• (Posted 2025-09-25)  CPDL #86878:       

Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2025-09-25).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 387 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: I stood beside a hill
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist: Sara Teasdale
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB + Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: A setting for five voices (SSATB) and soprano soloist, of Sara Teasdale’s poem ‘February Twilight.’

Original text and translations

English text

I stood beside a hill
Smooth with new-laid snow,
A single star looked out
From the cold evening glow.

There was no other creature
That saw what I could see—
I stood and watched the evening star
As long as it watched me.