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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{CPDLno|12986}} [[Media:An_anthem_of_Earth.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:An_anthem_of_Earth.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:An_anthem_of_Earth.sib|{{sib}}]] (Sibelius 4) | |||
*{{ | {{Editor|Peter Bird|2006-11-02}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|26|428}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Text page and organ part follow the score within the single .pdf file. Page turns should follow odd-numbered pages. | |||
:'''Edition notes:''' Text page and organ part follow the score within the single .pdf file. | |||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''An anthem of Earth''<br> | '''Title:''' ''An anthem of Earth''<br> | ||
{{Composer|Peter Bird}} | |||
{{Voicing|6|SAATBB}}<br> | |||
{{Genre|Secular|Anthems}} | |||
{{Language|English}} | |||
{{Instruments|Organ}} | |||
{{Published|2006}} | |||
'''Description: '''An episodic piece in Romantic style: In the 1st section, 4 environments of Earth are presented with different themes. | '''Description:''' An episodic piece in Romantic style: In the 1st section, 4 environments of Earth are presented with different themes. In 2nd section, the progress of civilization is represented by a chorale, but in the 3rd this collides and merges with the theme for encroaching desert. The 4th section presents a more positive outlook with reprise of the forest theme. There is a multicultural coda. | ||
'''External websites: '''http:// | '''External websites:''' http://peterbird.name/choral/ | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English| | |||
{{Text|English | :Blue, and brown, and green, and white: | ||
:Dunia, Dhara, Gaea, Terra, Earth. | |||
Blue, and brown, and green, and white: | |||
Dunia, Dhara, Gaea, Terra, Earth. | :Blue of the ocean. | ||
Blue of the ocean. | :Brown of the desert, and brown of the prairie. | ||
Brown of the desert, and brown of the prairie. | :Green of the tangled forest. | ||
Green of the tangled forest. | :White of the snow. | ||
White of the snow. | :Blue, and brown, and green, and white. | ||
:Continents split and reunite. | |||
Blue, and brown, and green, and white. | :Life springs up from water and light. | ||
Continents split and reunite. | :People sing to stars at night: | ||
Life springs up from water and light. | |||
People sing to stars at night: | :Life is short; the art is long. | ||
:Ethics, law, and religion; | |||
Life is short; the art is long. | :Math and physics growing strong; | ||
Ethics, law, and religion; | :Art and music raise a song. | ||
Math and physics growing strong; | |||
Art and music raise a song. | :In all our pride, we must recall: | ||
:Earth is home and life to all. | |||
In all our pride, we must recall: | :If we burn, and tear, and gall | ||
Earth is home and life to all. | :Arts and cities both shall fall. | ||
If we burn, and tear, and gall | |||
Arts and cities both shall fall. | :So if you love this fragile sphere, | ||
:Put all your hope into one child; | |||
So if you love this fragile sphere, | :Her son might live beside the wild, | ||
Put all your hope into one child; | :With room for forest, wolf, and deer. | ||
Her son might live beside the wild, | |||
With room for forest, wolf, and deer. | :There are deer in the tangled forest; | ||
:There are wolves in the tangled forest; | |||
There are deer in the tangled forest; | :And frogs in the tangled forest; | ||
There are wolves in the tangled forest; | :And owls in the tangled forest. | ||
And frogs in the tangled forest; | |||
And owls in the tangled forest. | :Dunia, Dhara, Gaea, Terra: our Earth.}} | ||
Dunia, Dhara, Gaea, Terra: our Earth. | |||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Modern music]] | [[Category:Modern music]] |
Revision as of 23:37, 5 March 2017
Music files
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Midi | |
Sibelius | |
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Peter Bird (submitted 2006-11-02). Score information: Letter, 26 pages, 428 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Text page and organ part follow the score within the single .pdf file. Page turns should follow odd-numbered pages.
General Information
Title: An anthem of Earth
Composer: Peter Bird
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SAATBB
Genre: Secular, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: An episodic piece in Romantic style: In the 1st section, 4 environments of Earth are presented with different themes. In 2nd section, the progress of civilization is represented by a chorale, but in the 3rd this collides and merges with the theme for encroaching desert. The 4th section presents a more positive outlook with reprise of the forest theme. There is a multicultural coda.
External websites: http://peterbird.name/choral/
Original text and translations
English text
Blue, and brown, and green, and white:
Dunia, Dhara, Gaea, Terra, Earth.
Blue of the ocean.
Brown of the desert, and brown of the prairie.
Green of the tangled forest.
White of the snow.
Blue, and brown, and green, and white.
Continents split and reunite.
Life springs up from water and light.
People sing to stars at night:
Life is short; the art is long.
Ethics, law, and religion;
Math and physics growing strong;
Art and music raise a song.
In all our pride, we must recall:
Earth is home and life to all.
If we burn, and tear, and gall
Arts and cities both shall fall.
So if you love this fragile sphere,
Put all your hope into one child;
Her son might live beside the wild,
With room for forest, wolf, and deer.
There are deer in the tangled forest;
There are wolves in the tangled forest;
And frogs in the tangled forest;
And owls in the tangled forest.
Dunia, Dhara, Gaea, Terra: our Earth.