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Echoes
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Echoes by Charles Gordon Hall — Lyrics
Still the angel stars are shining,
Still the rippling waters flow,
But the angelvoice is silent
That I heard so long ago.
Hark! the echoes murmur low,
Long ago!
Still the wood is dim and lonely,
Still the plashing fountains play,
But the past and all its beauty,
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About Echoes
Charles Gordon Hall's Echoes is a setting for SATB choir of evocative English words. This secular partsong explores themes of memory and loss, contrasting the enduring beauty of nature with the silence of a departed voice. The lyrics convey a deep sense of longing for the past, a feeling that is amplified by the "mournful echoes" that the composer vividly portrays. Hall's music captures the gentle flow of water and the loneliness of the wood, while the repeated "farewell" in the final stanza offers a poignant conclusion to the reflections on time and remembrance.
