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The Land Is Bright

Score & audio.

Genre: Canons
D No: 403
Text - Author or Scripture: Arthur Clough (1819–1861)
Performing Forces: Equal voices 
Date Published: CE 81
Date of Composition: 1974
Notes: And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly! But westward, look, the land is bright.
This verse by Arthur Clough is the inspiration for the stained glass window John Piper made for the Churchill Memorial Porch in the St. Paul (South) Tower. It is inscribed near the window and was quoted by Sir Winston Churchill in his world broadcast on April 17, 1941. This setting was first sung at Open House, September 28, 1974 at the opening of an exhibit of Churchill memorabilia in the Rare Book Library, the day preceding the dedication of the porch.
Score:

The Land Is Bright MS

from a Concert of Canons Old and New, Lexington, KY, Richard S. Dirksen directing.


Categorized as: 400 Canons
Tagged as: a cappella, canon

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