The Evening Star (Vincent d'Indy)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-10). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 147 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Evening Star
Composer: Vincent d'Indy
Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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.
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Original text and translations
English text
Just above yon sandy bar,
As the day grows fainter and dimmer,
Lonely and lovely, a single star
Lights the air with a dusky glimmer.
from the poem CHRYSAOR