This City This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still! Program Notes
I grew up in a rural area, surrounded by nature and beautiful forests. When I moved to a city for college, it was difficult to find any beauty in the busy streets and construction After eight years living in the city, I am struck by the same feeling that Wordsworth conveyed: that sometimes domes, theatres, and temples can be as beautiful as the forest.
Text Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
Earth has not any thing to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
Composer Bio Mickey McGroarty is an emerging composer based in Akron, Ohio, where he lives with his fiancé and two cats. McGroarty earned his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Akron after obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the same institution. He has worked with composers, arrangers, and conductors including Jake Runestad, Deke Sharon, and Barnaby Smith of Voces8, and has been premiered in Ohio, California, and Germany. This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
As the title suggests, William Wordsworth wrote “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” as he was traveling across said bridge on his way to Paris. Wordsworth, well known for his depictions of nature, was surprisingly struck by the beauty of London, praising its majesty and beauty. The music moves fluidly between key and meter to convey each image as closely as possible.
Mickey McGroarty (b. 1996) This City William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) 8 Piano B B T T A A S S jeThisCitynowinmasty: its showmorefair;Dullwouldhebeofsoul so whocouldpassbyAsighttouching nyanythingtoEarthhasnotathing jeThisCitynowinmasty:whocouldpassbyAsightsotouchingits nyanythingtoshowmorefair;DullwouldhebeofsoulEarthhasnotathing jeThisCitynowinmasty:whocouldpassbyAsightsotouchingits nyanythingtoshowmorefair;DullwouldhebeofsoulEarthhasnotathing jeThisCitynowinmasty:whocouldpassbyAsightsotouchingits nyanythingtoshowmorefair;DullwouldhebeofsoulEarthhasnotathing With Wonder ( = 90) poco for rehearsall use poco poco poco poco poco This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
23 16 B B T T A A S S cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. cresc. tosky;unthefields,andthethetresandtempleslieOpentoShips,towers,domes,a tythemorningsilent,bare,doth,likeagarment,wearThebeauof tosky;unthefields,andthethetresandtempleslieOpentoShips,towers,domes,a tythemorningsilent,bare,doth,likeagarment,wearThebeauof tosky;unthefields,andthethetresandtempleslieOpentoShips,towers,domes,a tythemorningsilent,bare,doth,likeagarment,wearThebeauof tosky;unthefields,andthethetresandtempleslieOpentoShips,towers,domes,a tythemorningsilent,bare,doth,likeagarment,wearThebeauof ( = ) ( = ) A Tempo 2 This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
Allbrightandglitteringinthesmokelessair.thesmokeless
didsunsobeautifullysteepInhisfirstsplendour,air.Neverthe
37 30 B B T T A A S S didsunsobeautifullysteepInhisfirstsplendour,air.Neverthe Allbrightandglitteringinthesmokelessair.thesmokeless didsunsobeautifullysteepInhisfirstsplendour,air.Neverthe Allbrightandglitteringinthesmokelessair.thesmokeless didsunsobeautifullysteepInhisfirstsplendour,air.Neverthe
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A Tempo rit. poco rit. poco rit. poco rit. poco rit. 3 This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
53 45 B B T T A A S S molto cresc. molto cresc. molto cresc. molto cresc. molto cresc. Theryhousesseemasleep;verdethatitsownsweetwill:DearGod!verigli asodeep!Thenefelt,calmsawvervalley,rock,orhill;Ne'erI Theryhousesseemasleep;gliatitsownsweetwill:DearGod!veriverdeth nefelt,acalmsodeep!Thevalley,rock,orhill;Ne'ersawIver Theryhousesseemasleep;gliatitsownsweetwill:DearGod!veriverdeth nefelt,acalmsodeep!Thevalley,rock,orhill;Ne'ersawIver Theryhousesseemasleep;gliatitsownsweetwill:DearGod!veriverdeth nefelt,acalmsodeep!Thevalley,rock,orhill;Ne'ersawIver Winding Down ( Slower, Stately ( = 84) = 52) accel. dim. accel. accel. accel. accel. dim. dim. dim. dim. 4 This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
60 B T A S yislyingstill!andallthatmightheart yislyingstill!andallthatmightheart yislyingstill!andallthatmightheart yislyingstill!andallthatmightheart dim. rit. dim.rit. dim.rit. dim.rit. dim.rit. 5 This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.