PW3023
Full fathom five
Music: Philip Wood, Words: William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Voicing: SSA & piano
Performance time approx: 2m 00s
Price code: B
Complexity:
This piece was written for the Rodillian Singers. A version for flute, harp and viola is in preparation.
Companion Shakespeare songs published by Canasg include ‘Fairy song’ (from A midsummer Night’s Dream) and ‘The sweet of the year’ (from The Winter’s Tale).
Full fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.
Ding dong ding dong.
Hark, now I hear them, ding dong bell.
William Shakespeare
from The Tempest