Thrush Song at Dusk (SAB) is currently unavailable

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Choral Choir (SAB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.960316 Composed by Stephen Smith. Contemporary. Octavo. 12 pages. Stephen Smith #6671873. Published by Stephen Smith (A0.960316). Composed during the pandemic, this setting for SAB chorus and piano of Thomas Hardy's poem, "The Darkling Thrush" begins with a bleak picture of a barren and hostile landscape in winter. Then, as the voices narrate the sudden appearance of "an agèd thrush, frail, gaunt, and small" who floods the air with joyous singing, the piano accompaniment bursts into a reel. The final stanza muses that the cause for the bird's "ecstatic sounds" must have been "some blessed hope / Whereof he knew and I was unaware." (Also available for TTBB -- check that version for a different audio excerpt.). This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).