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Autumn Song
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Autumn Song by Arnold Johann Gantvoort — Lyrics
Autumn winds are sighing,
Summer winds are dying,
Harvest time is nigh.
Cooler breezes quiv’ring
Through the pine groves shiv’ring,
Sweep the troubled moonlit sky.
See the fields how yellow!
Clusters, bright and mellow,
Gleam on every hill.
Nectar fills the fountains,
Crowns the sunny mountains,
Runs in every rill.
Now the lads are springing,
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About Autumn Song
Arnold Johann Gantvoort’s Autumn Song is a four-part setting for SATB choir of an English text. It is a secular part-song, evoking the imagery of the harvest season. The lyrics paint a picture of the changing seasons, from the dying warmth of summer to the cool breezes of autumn, and the abundant yield of the harvest. It describes the fields turning yellow, the fruit gleaming, and the joy of the season, with lads and maidens singing and rejoicing. The song concludes with a vision of a moonlit night filled with the sounds of tabors and the light bounding of fairy feet, suggesting a festive atmosphere accompanying the fruitful harvest.
