SATB div./unacc. EDITOR’S CHOICE, J.W. Pepper; US Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publ.; Duration 3:54 minutes.

NOTES FROM THE COMPOSER
This Civil War text is on the subject of perseverance, love & homecoming. It was commissioned by Choirs of America for a performance at Carnegie Hall. The recording is done by THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES.

TEXT

“The cannons are silent, no drum o’er the hedge row; just the sound of rain on summer wheat; I dance to beauty, I dance to laughter… I dance for love.”

Also available for SATB, brass quintet (2 trpts, hn, trombone, tuba) & piano (contact composer for the brass quintet score/parts.

TTBB version – SBMP 1462

SAB version – SBMP 1718