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YV6005

Moonscape

poem by Judith Nicholls
set to music by Sheena Phillips

for SATB chorus
and piano

SATB performance time approx 2m 00s

from

A space trilogy

Composer's note

This piece depicts the arid and lifeless landscape of the moon. It should sound a little detached, expressing a sense of estrangement, but also mournful - for it is about what the moon lacks.

The other two pieces in the trilogy are Andromeda and Ballad, also published by Canasg.

Music

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Words

Moonscape

No air, no mist, no man, no beast.
No water flows from her Sea of Showers,
no trees, no flowers fringe her Lake of Dreams.
No grass grows or clouds shroud her high hills
or deep deserts. No whale blows in her dry Ocean of Storms.

Judith Nicholls

Poem copyright Judith Nicholls 1985, from MAGIC MIRROR by Judith Nicholls, published by Faber & Faber. Used by permission of the author.

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Price

Follow this link to buy the Space Trilogy as a set. Alternatively, this page lets you buy Moonscape separately. The price depends on the number of singers in your group. This is a single payment for a licence to make as many copies as you need for your group to rehearse and perform the song as often as you wish. Copies of the song must not be given, lent, hired or sold to any other group.

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Companion pieces

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