Now sleeps the crimson petal (Mark Chapman)
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- Editor: Mark Chapman (submitted 2017-08-31). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 127 kB Copyright: CC BY NC SA
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Composer: Mark Chapman
Lyricist: Alfred Tennyson
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SAATBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Setting of Tennyson's poem, requested by Charis de Valence, as a favorite poem of her youth. The full 6 parts (the Bass momentary divides further in two places) are only heard together at climaxes, with interplay between them elsewhere, and the harmonies are lushly chromatic.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Now sleeps the crimson petal.