A Blade of Grass
DURATION
2’30”
INSTRUMENTATION
SATB (div.) with soprano soloist, pno
POET
Walt Whitman
YEAR COMPOSED
2014
COMMISSIONER
San Francisco Choral Society in collaboration with the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir
THIS IS A MOVEMENT FROM:
Terra Nostra
ORDERING SCORES
The piece is available from Theodore Presser Company.
TEXT
A blade of grass is the journeywork of the stars.
Long and long has the grass been growing,
Long and long has the rain been falling,
Long has the globe been rolling round.
A blade of grass is the journeywork of the stars.
Long and long has the grass been growing,
Long and long has the rain been falling,
Long has the globe been rolling round.
PERUSAL SCORE
Orchestrated version: https://issuu.com/theodorepresser/docs/garrop_terra_nostra_issuu/58
SAMPLE PERUSAL PAGE OF PIANO VERSION
