There Rolls the Deep from Love Was My Lord and King!
by Gwyneth W. Walker
TTBB - Sheet Music

TTBB choir, chamber orchestra or piano

SKU: EC.6372

Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. 21st Century. Octavo. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #6372. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.6372).

ISBN 600313463723. UPC: 600313463723. 8.5" x 11" inches. English. Text: Alfred Lord Tennyson.

There Rolls the Deep speaks of the Tennyson affirmation of life. "For in my spirit will I dwell...I cannot think the thing farewell."

The poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) is characterized by dark, yet transcendent imagery -- the depths of the ocean, the triumph of the spirit. These poems seem well-suited to musical settings for Men's Chorus. The deep tones. The sonority of male voices (perhaps speaking for the poet) rising in song.

Throughout the varied imagery of this poetry -- the depth of the sea, the dark of the night, the tumult of passion and the acceptance of death -- there speaks one, central message. "Love was my lord and king.".