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Fulfilled
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Fulfilled by Edward B. Birge — Lyrics
’Twas August; and a Gypsy Breeze
Came wandering through the wood.
“Our fortunes!” cried the lover Trees
That first before her stood.
“Sir Hickory the king shall be
Of all this wide demesne;
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About Fulfilled
Edward B. Birge's Fulfilled is a SATB part-song for mixed choir, setting a charming English secular text. The music opens with the voices depicting the arrival of a "Gypsy Breeze" and the subsequent pronouncements of fortune to the trees. The composer crafts a delightful musical illustration of the poem's narrative, where trees "listened, smiling as she spoke" and awoke to find themselves "arrayed in red and gold." The interplay between the four vocal parts captures the gentle, whimsical atmosphere of the text, celebrating a moment of natural transformation and fulfilment with engaging part-writing.
