Prayers of Steel (Anthem for SATB Choir) by Carl Sandburg 4-Part - Digital Sheet Music
By Carl SandburgA musical setting to Carl Sandburg's 1918 poem "Prayers of Steel" for SATB choir. A short and powerful anthem, seeking to be an agent for change and growth. Ideally performed without accompaniment, piano reduction included."Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar. Let me pry loose old walls. Let me lift and loosen old foundations. Lay me on an anvil, O God.Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike. Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together. Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders. Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into white stars."
Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- Choir
- Ensembles:
- 4-Part SATB A Cappella Mixed Choir
- Genres:
- 20th Century
- Composers:
- Carl Sandburg
- Publishers:
- TigerSong LLC
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Musical forms:
- Anthem
- Artist:
- Carl Sandburg
- Usages:
- Hymn Anthems
- Number of Pages:
- 6
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.1295262
Composed by Carl Sandburg. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary,Religious,Sacred. 6 pages. TigerSong LLC #885562. Published by TigerSong LLC (A0.1295262).A musical setting to Carl Sandburg's 1918 poem "Prayers of Steel" for SATB choir. A short and powerful anthem, seeking to be an agent for change and growth. Ideally performed without accompaniment, piano reduction included.
"Lay me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.
Let me pry loose old walls.
Let me lift and loosen old foundations.
Lay me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.
Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together.
Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders.
Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into white stars.".
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- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Artists:
- Carl Sandburg
- Ensemble:
- 4-Part SATB A Cappella Mixed Choir
- Publisher:
- TigerSong LLC