Nightingale Fragments
by Gabriel Jackson
Divisi - Sheet Music

SATB choir, divisi, a cappella (SATB) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193512061

Composed by Gabriel Jackson. Secular Choral - Mixed Voices. New Horizons. Vocal score. 16 pages. Duration 10'. Oxford University Press #9780193512061. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193512061).

ISBN 9780193512061. 12 x 8 inches.

For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied The text for this part-song is a deftly chosen selection of lines from Keats' Ode to a Nightingale. Jackson's setting features many of his stylistic hallmarks: glissandi, melismas, aleatoric patterns, and solo lines that float above the texture. Highly attractive and suitable for summer concerts.

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