Celestial Greetings

Composer: 
Marilyn Bliss
Scoring: 
Soprano and Piano
Year Authored: 
1983
Duration (min): 
8
Alternate Title: 
Celestial Greetings
Movements-Titles: 
1
Text Source/Author: 
Scottish Gaelic poetry, in English translation
Publisher: 
ACA

Ensemble Type

Instruments

Celestial Greetings, written in 1983, is a setting of three traditional Scottish-Gaelic folk prayers to the celestial bodies. Rather than creating three separate songs, I have treated the poems as variations-upon-a-theme, the passing of a day.