A Song of Joys
Ensemble
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet I, II
F Horn I, II
Bb Trumpet I, II
Trombone I, II
Tuba
Perc. I - 4 Timpani
Perc. II - Triangle, Wind Chimes
Perc. III - Suspended Cymbal
Perc. IV - Snare Drum
Perc. V - Bells
Perc. VI - Chimes
SATB Choir with Divisi
Violin I, II
Viola with divisi
Cello with divisi
Double Bass with divisi
Duration
5 minutes
Excerpts from A Jubilant Song by Walt Whitman
O to make the most jubilant song!
O the joy of my spirit – it is uncaged – it darts like lightning
It is not enough to have this globe or a certain time.
I will have thousands of globes and all time.
Know’st thou the excellent joys of youth?
Joys of the ear companions and of the merry word and laughing face?
Yet O my soul supreme!
Know’st thou the joys of pensive thought?
Prophetic joys of better, loftier love’s ideals, the divine wife, the sweet, eternal, perfect comrade?
O while I live to be the ruler of life.
O to have life henceforth a poem of new joys!
To dance, clap hands, exult, shout, skip, leap, roll on, float on!
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Mailed
Full Score (11x17) and Parts $150
Includes 1 of each part and 40 choral scores
1 Extra Score $20
1 Set of Extra Parts $30
Extra Choral Scores (10) $30
Extra Parts $2 per part
Scores and performance materials available directly from Jaclyn Breeze at