Shakespere's Sonnet No; 60

[Kevin]

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned,
Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:
And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand
Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.

Good luck!

[Deleted]

any particular requirements to the music or the instruments?

[Kevin]

None at all Peter, open house on this one. Maybe Steve might like to work the file with his VSL?

[steve]

I set some lyrics to music in high school music theory class once with some success, but it's not really something I've spent much time or thought on. But if I can find some time in my schedule I may give it a try. It'll be fun to try something different.

[whataguy]

Have you written music to this already, Kevin? When you say "open house", do you mean any genre as well?

[Kevin]

Hi whataguy! No I have not written anything and, like the song, "Anything Goes!"

I hope that the members will find something to do with this and share the fruits of thier labours.

[whataguy]

Rough lyric line, Kevin. The harmonic rhythm doesn't resolve into neat four (or eight) bar phrases. Had to think out of the box for this one. Nice challenge.

Here's something I cobbled together. There's no arrangement; just melody and chords. Just not enough time to produce a full demo. Sorry.

www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1050427&content=music

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[Kevin]

Great stuff whataguy! It makes Shakespere a very cool dude, he would have made a fortune as a lyricist!

Check this out, and yes it is Shakesperes words.

www.youtube.com/watch#!v=7SSae0E9vr4

If it was just a little longer I could make use of it! ;D

[whataguy]

Kevin, I love that Cleo Laine album. I've been trying to find it on Amazon and other places but with no luck. I'll keep looking. I've always liked Johnny Dankworth as well. Clark Terry always had good things to say about him.

Shakespeare was a very cool dude who could have been really big on the music scene today. If you'd like to use the tune, go for it.. Couple of repeats and a solo section or interlude and voila!

[Kevin]

I think I will have a go, anyone else like to try something?

[Deleted]

i like to.... but don't know when..
And the music is so silent inside these days.

[Kevin]

I will get around to orchestrating your work whata guy. Hopefully this week.

[Kevin]

Orchestration complete and in my jukebox, enjoy!

[whataguy]

Nice work, Kevin! Sounds great! Loved the voicings. The arrangement seems almost Bacharach-ish in the middle, which I thought was wonderful. I sang along with it and the extra line in the "B" melody kind of threw me the first time as did the breaks in the lines. But once I got used to them, it was fine. I see why you did those things.

The lyric has its own symmetry and doesn't fit the usual 8 or 12 bar phrase a pop singer, or a hack like me, is used to, hence, the odd 3/8 lines toward the ends of the B section and coda-like part at the end of the 2nd A section. Ol' Will wrote some rough lyrics to put music to.

Thanks, Kevin for the very cool chart.

[Kevin]

You might like to know that we shaould be performing this at our next concert. Jacqueline Pischorn www.caddypublishing.co.uk/pischorn_bio.html has said she will be available to sing it (she has looked through it).