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A widow-bird sate mourning
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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A widow-bird sate mourning by Jennifer Bastable — Lyrics
A widow bird sate mourning for her love
Upon a wintry bough;
The frozen wind crept on above,
The freezing stream below.
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About A widow-bird sate mourning
Jennifer Bastable's A widow-bird sate mourning captures a desolate winter scene. The text paints a stark picture of isolation and loss, with a lone bird mourning its love against a backdrop of bare trees, frozen water, and an icy wind. The only sound breaking the silence is the rhythmic turning of a mill-wheel. This SSATB setting in English masterfully evokes the mournful atmosphere and the quiet despair of the poem. It is a poignant secular part-song, ideal for choirs seeking to express profound emotion through evocative textual and musical imagery.
