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Crocuses and snowdrops
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · James Gibb
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Crocuses and snowdrops by Henry Thomas Smart — Lyrics
Fair crocuses and snowdrops,
First heralds of the spring,
What hope and cheerful promise
To grateful hearts ye bring.
We know bleak Winter's waning,
When your bright smiles appear,
For with a kindly greeting
Ye hail the newborn year.
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About Crocuses and snowdrops
Henry Thomas Smart's Crocuses and snowdrops is a charming SATB setting of an English text that celebrates the arrival of spring. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of the first flowers of the season, crocuses and snowdrops, as heralds of warmer days and a departure from winter's gloom. The composer captures the cheerful promise and grateful hearts that these blossoms inspire. The text urges the flowers to sound their golden trumpets and silver bells, inviting all their sister blossoms to join in a merry welcome to the new year and the burgeoning season. This piece is ideal for a choir looking for a delightful and evocative secular part-song.
