The Oak
composer: Nancy Galbraith (2013)
author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
genre: SATB (a cappella)
length: 1 movement, 3:45 minutes
publisher: Subito Music Publishing (ASCAP)
60 Depot Street, Verona, NJ 07044
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world premiere: November 15, 2013
Carnegie Mellon Concert ChoirMaria Sensi Sellner, conductor
Carnegie Music Hall • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
program notes: "The Oak" was commissioned by Carnegie Mellon University for the Investiture Ceremony of Dr. Subra Suresh, 9th President of the university.
source: nancygalbraith.com

  The Oak
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
 
Live thy Life,
Young and old,
Like yon oak,
Bright in spring,
Living gold;

 
 
Summer-rich
Then; and then
Autumn-changed
Soberer-hued
Gold again.

 
 
All his leaves
Fall'n at length,
Look, he stands,
Trunk and bough
Naked strength.