Roll the Tide
for mixed chorus a cappella
Roll the Tide is a short, a cappella setting in a quasi-spiritual style of Elisabeth T. Eliassen’s poem of peace and longing.
SKU: SWM-006
Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices
Instrumentation: Choral
| Descriptive Tags: | Water |
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Instrumentation: | A Cappella |
| Language: | English |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
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