Earth in Delight

for mixed voices and string quartet

This short cantata on spring evokes expressive texts by John Milton, anonymous, and E.E. Cummings.

SKU: PGN-012 Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices Instrumentation: Choral

Descriptive Tags:	Birds, Carol, Celebratory, Earth Week, Flowers, Fruitful Earth, Joy, Mountain, Nature, Poetry, Spring
Difficulty:	Advanced Student, Advanced
Duration:	5-10 Minutes
Instrumentation:	String Quartet
Language:	English
Sacred or Secular:	Secular
Season or Event:	Concert, Earth Day, General, Spring
Voicing:	SATB

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