Product Number | 1.3583* |
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Composer/Arranger | Trotta, Michael John |
Text Author | Whitman, Walt |
Voicing & Instruments | SSATB Chorus unaccompanied |
Difficulty | Medium |
Text Language | English |
Topics (Secular) | Individualism/Independence/Self-Awareness |
Publisher | Galaxy Music Corporation |
Recording Credits | The Singers, under the direction of Matthew Culloton, Minneapolis, MN. Recording Engineer: David Trembley, Soundmaster Productions. |
This unaccompanied work contrasts a simple unison motif with quick ostinato in the lower voices. The homophonic refrain clearly declaims, “all forces have been steadily employed to complete and delight me.” After building to a high point with a soaring descant for soprano, the work recedes in intensity with a harmonic restatement of the opening motif. Part of four Whitman settings, This Is Thy Hour.