The Sky Above The Roof History

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The sky above the roof history.

What hast thou done o heart with thy spent years. Provided to youtube by naxos of america the sky above the roof roderick williams vaughan williams. The sky above the roof is calm and sweet a tree above the roof bends in the heat a bell from out the blue drowsily rings a bird from out the blue plaintively sings ah god. The sky above the roof this song is by barbara dickson and appears on the album full circle 2004.

The sky above the roof by ralph vaughan williams this is the seventh song from my senior recital performed march 9 2013 at sonoma state university. The sky above the roof was composed by dearmer mabel. Ralph vaughan williams 1908 setting of a verlaine lyric translated by mabel dearmer. Roger bridgland 38 681 views.

The melodious note arrangement of the sky above the roof ranges from pianissimo very soft mellow notes to forte loud notes carrying the player and the audience through an array of vivid emotions. The original lyrics in english. A life is here simple and fair murmurs of strife are here lost in the air why dost thou weep o heart poured out in tears. The text begins the sky above the roof is calm and sweet a tree above the roof bends in the heat while these words suggest a calm and peaceful scene in nature they go on to ultimately divulge a mournful message about one s tears and spent years.

However it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is life plus 50 years such as china japan korea and many others worldwide. Accompaniment of the sky above the roof by vaughan williams. A life is here simple. The sky above the roof vaughan williams ralph it is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu or in any country where the copyright term is life plus 70 years.