To Music

for mixed chorus a cappella

by Paul Gibson

Word painting of a raw, intense poem by Paul Cummings is the essence of this homage to the miracle of music, which begins:

Your harmony invades my being; / my body is captured by the embrace / of a melody that leads me out of dark places.

SKU: PGN-002 Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices Instrumentation: Choral

Descriptive Tags:	American, Music About Music
Difficulty:	Advanced Student, Advanced
Duration:	1-5 Minutes, 5-10 Minutes
Language:	English
Sacred or Secular:	Secular
Season or Event:	Concert, General, Literary competition
Instrumentation:	A Cappella
Voicing:	SATB

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