Voicing/instrumentation:
Three parts, flexible (equal, or any combination of S, A, T, or B)
Lyrics: Katharine Tynan Hinkson
Duration: 1:30, flexible (repeated round)
Difficulty: Moderate+ (GIA level 3.5)
Set to a poem by Irish poet Katharine Tynan Hinkson, Sweet May is a lovely, lilting song with lyrical lines and contrapuntal textures that evokes the movement, leaves, and petals of trees in springtime.
Suitable for three or more voices, this round is part of my collection of Gathering Rounds, a spiral-bound book featuring 52 rounds for a variety of skills and voicings set to text by female-identifying writers and poets. Every month, a free round is uploaded here and distributed to my email list (join my email list here)!
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Gathering Round (free!): Sweet May
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