SABBATH for SSAA Choir and Piano (2026)
- Stanley M. Hoffman
- Mar 24
- 1 min read
SABBATH for SSAA Choir and Piano (2026)
Composed for the 2026 Springfield Chamber Chorus Composition Contest.
Words: © Copyright 2014 by Jerred Metz. www.jerredmetz.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Music: © Copyright 2026 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The sheet music is available for licensing from me, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus.
Sabbath
The still parlor beckons the hours.
A scythe rusts in a corner propping a drowsy angel's arm. Until something transpires the celebrants lounge on the davenport, stand and sit again in turn. Suddenly, this
is the seventh of days, the hour of weaving and unraveling, of lamplight swaying out of the lamp.
Over the ironwork and over the brickwork cranes fly and light on chimney pots
and sing in the language of tongueless creatures the song
the wind plays along their wings, for this is the seventh of days, moment of tearing and making, of a door closing to one side and opening on the other.
—Jarred Metz
Link to a scrolling score music video on YouTube.
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