"All Flesh Is Grass" [Stephen DeCesare]

"All Flesh Is Grass" [Stephen DeCesare]

First line of lyrics: So brief a life, and then an endless life

Part of: "For Those Left Behind"

DeCesare, Stephen; music (American, born 1969)

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

2014 [copyright]

Exultet music

genre: requiem|sacred music|choral music|song

solo: soprano

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: orchestra

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 6/8

other version 1 - solo: soprano

other version 1 - chorus: SATB chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "All Flesh is Grass"

Place in the larger work: The third song of twelve in the requiem called "For Those Left Behind", which includes "No Eye Has Seen" (DeCesare); "Kyrie" (DeCesare); "All Flesh Is Grass" (Christina Rossetti); "Those Who Sow In Tears (DeCesare); "Unless A Grain Of Wheat" (DeCesare); "I Am The Alpha And the Omega" (DeCesare); "Loved One Farewell" (Mary B. Slade); "Holy is The Lord of Hosts" (DeCesare); "Panis Angelicus" (DeCesare); "In Paradise" (music adaptation from an old Irish Air, Fred E. Weaterly, adapted and arranged by DeCesare); "Remember" (Christina Rossetti); "Safely Home" ("Safely Home" by anonymous, "Amazing Grace" by John Newton (1725-1807); music includes "Nearer My God to Thee" by Lowell Mason (1805-1848), "Amazing Grace": early American Melody).

Tempo markings: "Tempo = 65"

Performance instructions: "Solemn"

Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: "All Flesh Is Grass." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/All-Flesh-Is-Grass/10459161.item. Accessed 24 Sep. 2021.

Notes: The Requiem Mass called "For Those Left behind" is "for those who have lost a loved one. It is not a traditional Requiem but one that gives comfort and healing for the living." ("For Those Left Behind"). This song is also sold separately as a vocal score for soprano solo, SATB and piano.

Format 1: musical score

9 pages

Format 2: vocal score

5 pages; performance time ca. 5 minutes

Other data reference(s): "For Those Left Behind.” J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/For-Those-Left-Behind/10468064.item. Accessed 24 Sept. 2021.

Cataloguer: Grace Beyleveldt, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "To Those Left Behind." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/For-Those-Left-Behind/10468064.item. "All Flesh is Grass." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/All-Flesh-Is-Grass/10459161.item. Accessed 10 Mar. 2021.

Record: CRM-remember-decesare

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