Description

Voicing: SSA, oboe, piano

duration: 3:00

Level: 2

Sara Teasdale’s famous poem comes alive in this setting by Jocelyn Hagen. The choir spends much of its time in unison, rarely splitting into three parts, making it perfect for a younger women’s choir. Power and delicacy exist side by side in this composition, and the women’s voices have many chances to soar.

Text

Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,

Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold.

Let it be forgotten forever and ever –

Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

If anyone asks, say it was forgotten

Long and long ago –

As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall

In a long forgotten snow.

– Sara Teasdale