Come, Soft Slumber
Music © 2004 GIA.
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Vocal Forces: SATB
Accompaniment: Reduction
Text Source: "The Virgin's Cradle Hymn," Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772–1834; Latin copied by Coleridge from a print in a German village
Series: Evoking Sound, Evoking Sound
Difficulty Level: M
Description:
From the Evoking Sound Choral Series this solfège edition of “The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn,” a translation from the obscure Latin by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is among GIA catalog’s most unique: “Sleep, sweet babe! My cares beguiling….Come, soft slumber, balmily!”
The extensive notes are invaluable to performance practice and interpretation, and the treatise on the solfège analysis of the Phrygian and Lydian modes is a good education in itself!
Effective preparation and teaching will make this piece both fascinating and fulfilling for singers.
Categories: Choral/Vocal
Seasonal: Christmastide
Liturgical: Mary, Mother of God, Christmas Day
Number of Pages: 16
Language: English; Latin
Format: Octavo
Discipline: Choir
