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A Snow Legend, Op. 26
Staff Notation • Secular
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A Snow Legend, Op. 26 by Joseph W. Clokey — Lyrics
O Ye Clouds that float around me,
O ye winds that round me blow,
Can you tell me from what quarter,
Comes the snow, the driving snow.
"From the north, enquiring maiden,
Where an old man stooping low
By his grate mourns o'er the ashes."
Said the winds that blow.
For the snowflakes are the ashes,
Are the ashes of the summer's glow,
"See him as he stoops and shivers,
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About A Snow Legend, Op. 26
Joseph W. Clokey's SSA setting of A Snow Legend, Op. 26, is a charming secular piece for treble voices. The English text is a poignant personification of the seasons, imagining the falling snow as the ashes of summer's warmth. The choir is asked to depict the maiden's inquisitive questions to the clouds and winds, and then the sorrowful lament of an old man shivering by a dying fire, whose ashes are revealed to be the very snowflakes that fall around him. The music likely captures both the gentle beauty of the snow and the melancholic undertones of the text, creating a vivid seasonal narrative.
