{"product_id":"sametz-the-windhover-ec-schirmer","title":"Sametz: The Windhover","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: Steven Sametz (1954-)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Choral Octavo\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eSATB Choir\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Windhover\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork Language\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-language\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUPC\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e600313473845\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ecspublishing.com\/pub\/media\/pdf\/7384.pdf\" class=\"global-button global-button--text\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e \u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"bi bi-file-pdf\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M4 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v12a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h8a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V2a2 2 0 0 0-2-2H4zm0 1h8a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v12a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H4a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V2a1 1 0 0 1 1-1z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M4.603 12.087a.81.81 0 0 1-.438-.42c-.195-.388-.13-.776.08-1.102.198-.307.526-.568.897-.787a7.68 7.68 0 0 1 1.482-.645 19.701 19.701 0 0 0 1.062-2.227 7.269 7.269 0 0 1-.43-1.295c-.086-.4-.119-.796-.046-1.136.075-.354.274-.672.65-.823.192-.077.4-.12.602-.077a.7.7 0 0 1 .477.365c.088.164.12.356.127.538.007.187-.012.395-.047.614-.084.51-.27 1.134-.52 1.794a10.954 10.954 0 0 0 .98 1.686 5.753 5.753 0 0 1 1.334.05c.364.065.734.195.96.465.12.144.193.32.2.518.007.192-.047.382-.138.563a1.04 1.04 0 0 1-.354.416.856.856 0 0 1-.51.138c-.331-.014-.654-.196-.933-.417a5.716 5.716 0 0 1-.911-.95 11.642 11.642 0 0 0-1.997.406 11.311 11.311 0 0 1-1.021 1.51c-.29.35-.608.655-.926.787a.793.793 0 0 1-.58.029zm1.379-1.901c-.166.076-.32.156-.459.238-.328.194-.541.383-.647.547-.094.145-.096.25-.04.361.01.022.02.036.026.044a.27.27 0 0 0 .035-.012c.137-.056.355-.235.635-.572a8.18 8.18 0 0 0 .45-.606zm1.64-1.33a12.647 12.647 0 0 1 1.01-.193 11.666 11.666 0 0 1-.51-.858 20.741 20.741 0 0 1-.5 1.05zm2.446.45c.15.162.296.3.435.41.24.19.407.253.498.256a.107.107 0 0 0 .07-.015.307.307 0 0 0 .094-.125.436.436 0 0 0 .059-.2.095.095 0 0 0-.026-.063c-.052-.062-.2-.152-.518-.209a3.881 3.881 0 0 0-.612-.053zM8.078 5.8a6.7 6.7 0 0 0 .2-.828c.031-.188.043-.343.038-.465a.613.613 0 0 0-.032-.198.517.517 0 0 0-.145.04c-.087.035-.158.106-.196.283-.04.192-.03.469.046.822.024.111.054.227.09.346z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e PDF Preview \u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I encountered \u003cem\u003eThe Windhover\u003c\/em\u003e in graduate school, and it made such a strong impression, but was so daunting a work, that I waited nearly three decades to set it. Hopkins combines a poetic vocabulary drawn from his study of Welsh with a sense of the sacred inherent in his calling to the priesthood. The language Hopkins used to depict the central image of the poem, that of a falcon hovering on the air, is already so musical that it took some time for me to come to a harmonic vocabulary that I thought might express the essential ecstatic nature of the poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHopkins wrote of an 'inscape' in his poetry, an inner landscape revealed behind the words themselves. The poems were intended to touch the unique interior life that words can only describe. for me, this is the realm where music is strongest. As the poet and storyteller Hans Christian Anderson wrote, 'where words fail, music begins.' As composers of words and music, we are called upon not merely to set words, but to enhance the inner landscape of the poetry. If we fail to reveal the 'inscape' of the poem, we have likely not done justice to the poet and his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe world of the \u003cem\u003eThe Windhover\u003c\/em\u003e opens at dawn as the poet views the falcon spiraling in the air, 'morning's minion,' riding on the 'rolling level underneath him steady air… in his ecstasy!' The poet is 'stirred for a bird, –the achieve of; the mastery of the thing!' in its flight, the falcon is so essentially itself, so free on the air that it expresses its Christ-like nature. Hopkins' dedication of the \u003cem\u003eThe Windhover\u003c\/em\u003e is 'To Christ Our Lord.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the culmination of the poem, the falcon's beauty, valor, and the ecstasy of flight are 'buckled' together as a holy fire breaks forth, sending forth a spray of embers, which 'gash gold-vermillion.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the musical setting, \u003cem\u003eThe Windhover\u003c\/em\u003e takes flight after the declamation of the poem and enters into the realm of the bird's ecstatic flight. Words fall away and the music rushes toward its close with the free cry of the falcon, soaring on the wind.\" -Steven Sametz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuration: 6:30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"E.C. 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