A Song of Joys

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Ensemble

Piccolo

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet I, II

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F Horn I, II

Bb Trumpet I, II

Trombone I, II

Tuba

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Perc. I - 4 Timpani

Perc. II - Triangle, Wind Chimes

Perc. III - Suspended Cymbal

Perc. IV - Snare Drum

Perc. V - Bells

Perc. VI - Chimes

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SATB Choir with Divisi

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Violin I, II

Viola with divisi

Cello with divisi

Double Bass with divisi

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Duration

5 minutes

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Excerpts from A Jubilant Song by Walt Whitman

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O to make the most jubilant song!

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O the joy of my spirit – it is uncaged – it darts like lightning

It is not enough to have this globe or a certain time.
I will have thousands of globes and all time.

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Know’st thou the excellent joys of youth?
Joys of the ear companions and of the merry word and laughing face?

 

Yet O my soul supreme!
Know’st thou the joys of pensive thought?

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Prophetic joys of better, loftier love’s ideals, the divine wife, the sweet, eternal, perfect comrade?

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O while I live to be the ruler of life.

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O to have life henceforth a poem of new joys!
To dance, clap hands, exult, shout, skip, leap, roll on, float on!

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Mailed

     Full Score (11x17) and Parts $150

          Includes 1 of each part and 40 choral scores

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     1 Extra Score $20

     1 Set of Extra Parts $30

      Extra Choral Scores (10) $30

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