It Is Not Always May (song) 📖
James Bersey

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Instrumentation

Double bass
1
Oboe
1
Piano
1
Soprano
1
Violin
1

Additional Information

also for tenor

This song can be performed alone but also forms part of a three-song suite of music set to Longfellow poems as follows:

It Is Not Always May

The Meeting 

Aftermath

All three songs are available from online retailers. 

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Aftermath
It is not Always May
The Meeting
Longfellow setting

Details

Setting of poem by Longfellow
Publisher
Composer

Recordings

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It Is Not Always May - parts