The Evening Star (Vincent d'Indy)

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• (Posted 2023-10-10)  CPDL #76203:     

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.

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