Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart
by Stephen Chatman
SSAA - Sheet Music

Soprano voice solo and SSAA choir unaccompanied - Intermediate

SKU: EC.8899

Composed by Stephen Chatman. Funeral. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #8899. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8899).

UPC: 600313488993. English.

In Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart, a fragment from Christina Rossetti’s poem, Mirage, the poet commands her “breaking heart” through urgent repetitions, to “lie still and break.” The grief of a lost love changes her “life, and the world” forever. Stephen Chatman’s harmonically rich homophonic setting concludes with an intense reprise, featuring a solo descant.