"O happy rose-bud blooming" [William Hawley]

"O happy rose-bud blooming" [William Hawley]

First line of lyrics: O happy rose-bud blooming

Part of: "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John"

Hawley, William; music (American, born 1950)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2012 [copyright]

William Hawley

genre: oratorio|choral music|sacred music

chorus: SATB voices with divisi

instrumentation: orchestra

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Gone for Ever"

Place in the larger work: The twenty-first passage in part 1 of the two part oratorio called "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John" (St. John Passion), which includes passages from the Gospel of John throughout; "Leaf from leaf Christ knows" (Christina Rossetti); "Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright" (from "Virtue" George Herbert), "Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended" (Anglican hymn); "O Jesu, gone so far apart" (from “Vigil of St. Peter” Christina Rossetti), "Jesus mine, Jesus mine" (from “Song of Peter’s Soul” William Hawley), "O happy rose-bud blooming" (from “Gone For Ever” Christina Rossetti).

Notes about the text: In the last line of text in this song, the word "same" in the Rossetti poem "Gone for Ever" was replaced by "dame".

Tempo markings: "a tempo, scorrevole"; quarter note = 63

Performance instructions: For "Evangelist Choir (4S 4A 4T 4B)" and SSAATTBB chorus, with orchestra composed of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in B flat, 2 trombones; 1 bass trombone, timpani, harp, organ and strings.

Format 1: musical score|libretto

13 pages (pp. 69-81); llibretto: 1 page (p. vi); part 1 performance time 45 minutes; complete oratorio performance time 81 minutes.

Format 2: electronic playback of score

performance time 2 minutes and 36 seconds

Other data reference(s): Hawley, William. "Addendum to Hawley Christina Rossetti Settings." Received by Mary Arseneau. 29 Apr. 2020.
"St. John Passion (Full Score)." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/st-john-passion-full-score-digital-sheet-music/21189188. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020.
"St. John Passion (Libretto)." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/st-john-passion-libretto-digital-sheet-music/21200071. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: William Hawley

libretto: William Hawley

electronic playback of score: William Hawley

Record: CRM-goneforever-hawley

File(s): CRM-goneforever-hawley.pdf; CRM-goneforever-hawley-libretto.pdf; CRM-goneforever-hawley.mp3

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