Thrush song (Gabriel Pierné)

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• (Posted 2023-11-28)  CPDL #77655:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-28).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 272 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Thrush song
Composer: Gabriel Pierné
Lyricist: Clinton Scollard
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1915 Silver, Burdett and Company
Description: Commissioned for a collection of part-songs published in the United States for use by school choirs.

Original text and translations

English text

Hark to the song of the thrush,
At the fall of dusk and dew,
Piercing the twilight hush,
Thrilling it through and through;
While the first stars twinkle, twinkle,
And the little leaves crinkle, crinkle,
Low as a rill,
Clear as a bell,
Down from the hill,
Up from the dell,
And all for me and you.

List to the song of the thrush!
From the shadow cool and deep;
Out from the underbrush,
Dim where the pixies creep!
While the winds grow crisper, crisper,
And the little leaves whisper, whisper,
Fine as a flute
Blown at the morn,
Soft as a lute,
Clear as a horn;
A call to dreams and sleep.