Carl Fischer Break Of Day - Donne/Trotta - SATB

• Composer/Author: TROTTA, MICHAEL JOHN
• Instrumentation: SATB ACCOMP
• Model # CM9296

Lyrics: John Donne (1572 - 1631)
Composer: Michael John Trotta
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: SATB with Piano Accompaniment (optional Oboe or English Horn part included)

Michael Trotta's masterful SATB arrangement contains lyric, legato vocal lines which unfold to reveal a subtle interplay between voices, interwoven with piano and optional obligato line (for oboe or horn). The text, an account of two lovers faced with parting, concludes with the yearning refrain "Stay or else my joys will die", giving voice to the dichotomy of the feelings of joy and pain associated with closeness and separation from a loved one. Also available for SSA(A) and TB voices.