To the New Jerusalem - SATB divisi Octavo
by William Walker
Divisi - Sheet Music

SATB choir, divisi - Intermediate

SKU: SB.SBMP-703

Composed by William Walker. Arranged by Matthew Culloton. Choral. Matthew & Michael Culloton Choral Series. Classical. Octavo. 16 pages. Santa Barbara Music Publishing #SBMP703. Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing (SB.SBMP-703).

UPC: 964807007030.

The poem was written by a young pilot in 1941—it has been called the most famous aviation poem ever written. The composer is very in tune with the message of the poem—an inspired piece. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings, Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew— And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod The high untresspassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God.