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Dream Tryst
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · Jan Wilke
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Dream Tryst by Gustav Holst — Lyrics
The breaths of kissing night and day
Were mingled in the eastern Heaven:
Throbbing with unheard melody
Shook Lyra all its starchord seven:
When dusk shrunk cold, and light trod shy,
And dawn’s gray eyes were troubled gray;
And souls went palely up the sky,
And mine to Lucidé.
There was no change in her sweet eyes
Since last I saw those sweet eyes shine;
There was no change in her deep heart
Since last that deep heart knocked at mine.
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About Dream Tryst
Gustav Holst’s Dream Tryst is a secular SATB part-song, ideal for concerts and special occasions when a choir wishes to present beautiful, evocative English part-music. The text speaks of an ethereal meeting in a realm where time seems suspended, a place of dreams where the beloved’s eyes reflect a pure and constant hope. The music captures the mystical atmosphere of this encounter, with harmonies that shimmer and flow, reflecting the ‘unheard melody’ and the ‘sparkle of the fountain-drops’ from a ‘sweet soul’. It provides an opportunity for expressive singing, drawing the listener into a world of romantic longing and serene beauty, perfectly suited for a thoughtful programming choice.
