All day I hear the noise of waters (Jennifer Bastable)

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• (Posted 2025-06-12)  CPDL #85408:       

Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2025-06-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 377 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: All day I hear the noise of waters
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist: James Joyce
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SMzATB + soloist
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: A setting of no.35 of Chamber Music, for soloist with accompanying SMzATB choir.

The solo is scored for mezzo-soprano or low soprano, but may equally well be sung an octave lower, by a baritone or low tenor. Its range is a minor tenth, C to Eb.

Original text and translations

English text

All day I hear the noise of waters
    Making moan,
Sad as the sea-bird is, when going
    Forth alone,
He hears the winds cry to the water’s
    Monotone.

The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing
    Where I go.
I hear the noise of many waters
    Far below.
All day, all night, I hear them flowing
    To and fro.