We Are The Music Makers
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A powerful setting of the famous O'Shaughnessy poem, this piece makes an exciting addition to your concert program. Also using a famous quote from Thomas Carlyle, this piece captures both the youthful innocence and the confident power both texts convey. A beautiful melody, coupled with a driving accompaniment (and an exciting mixed-meter section), make this piece a “must do.”
Concert Recording Available Below
- Voicing: SSA ensemble
- Instrumentation: piano accompaniment
- Text Author: Arthur O'Shaughnessy, and Thomas Carlyle
- Duration: 3:20 minutes
- Publisher: Colla Voce Music
TEXT
"Ode"
Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881)
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music, and rings the whole day through,
and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881)
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music, and rings the whole day through,
and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.