Lullaby
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by Peter Sculthorpe
4-Part - Sheet Music

Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.12-0571531369

SATB, a cappella. Composed by Peter Sculthorpe. Choral Octavo; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Faber Edition: Choral Signature Series. 20th Century; Masterwork; Secular. Faber Music #12-0571531369. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571531369).

ISBN 9780571531363. English.

Peter Sculthorpe's program note reads as follows: 'Lullaby is based upon one of the number of indigenous Australian melodies collected by Dr H.C. Lethbridge during the 1930s and is a lullaby for children victimized by war. It opens with several statements of indigenous melody, the words lovingly entreating children to embrace sleep, as night falls. This is followed by a short central section that questions the need for war, its text taken from another song in the Lethbridge collection. The melody then returns, leading to a quiet coda, suggesting the calmness of sleep and, for many children, the beauteousness of Paradise.'

The piece is set for unaccompanied mixed voices.

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