| Product Number | 7.0705* |
|---|---|
| Composer/Arranger | Omiccioli, Nick |
| Text Author | Whitman, Walt |
| Voicing & Instruments | SSAATTBB Chorus unaccompanied |
| Series | National Collegiate Choral Organization Choral Series |
| Difficulty | Medium |
| Text Language | English |
| Topics (Secular) | Americana |
| Publisher | Galaxy Music Corporation |
A Song of Joys (2008/revised 2011) was composed for the Kansas City Chorale and given its first performance in March of 2009. The newly revised version was presented by the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers in June 2011. A Song of Joys is Walt Whitman's vast description of all of life’s—and death’s— joys, ranging from nature, love, and nostalgia, to more specific things like being a farmer, a soldier, mother, and reminiscing of catching lobsters by boiling them until they turn red. All of these ingredients—and many more—contribute to Whitman’s jubilant song. Selected passages from his lengthy poem have been set here for SATB divisi unaccompanied chorus.