Dedicated to Nadia Frances Durow
The Lamb
For TTBB Voices with Flute and Piano Accompaniment
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mp3 - Stetson Men, DeLand, FL
Peter J. Durow, conductor
(the published score is slightly different from this recording)
Peter J. Durow, conductor
(the published score is slightly different from this recording)
Beginning with the alphabet letters "a" through "g," I assigned adjacent notes up the keyboard to letters "h" through "z." The letter "n" is a "g" and the letter "i" is a "b." I began my setting of Blake's timeless text with a recurring motive in the flute (g-a-d-b-a) which spells my daughter's name "Nadia."
The integral flute part adds a pastoral quality to the music. The unison vocal lines that branch into four-parts give the men an opportunity to express the text in a simple and harmonious fashion.
Poem by William Blake (1757-1827)
Little Lamb who made thee,
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life and bid thee feed.
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing wooly bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice:
Little Lamb who made thee,
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb:
He is meek and he is mild,
He became a little child:
I a child and thou a lamb,
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
The integral flute part adds a pastoral quality to the music. The unison vocal lines that branch into four-parts give the men an opportunity to express the text in a simple and harmonious fashion.
Poem by William Blake (1757-1827)
Little Lamb who made thee,
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life and bid thee feed.
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing wooly bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice:
Little Lamb who made thee,
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb:
He is meek and he is mild,
He became a little child:
I a child and thou a lamb,
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
Little Lamb God bless thee.