An anthem of Earth (Peter Bird)

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CPDL #12986: [An_anthem_of_Earth.pdf Icon_pdf.gif] [An_anthem_of_Earth.mid Icon_snd.gif] [An_anthem_of_Earth.sib Sibelius 4]
Editor: Peter Bird (added 2006-11-02).   Score information: Letter, 26 pages, 428 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Text page and organ part follow the score within the single .pdf file.

General Information

Title: An anthem of Earth
Composer: Peter Bird

Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SAATBB
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. 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://element.ess.ucla.edu/choral/

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