This setting of the hauntingly beautiful ANZAC poem, ‘The Forgotten,’ written by the Australian poet, Charles Harpur (1813-1868), was composed in 2012. It is available for SA, SSA, or SATB & piano. It is suitable for secondary school choirs & adult choirs. ‘The Forgotten’ is appropriate for ANZAC day and memorial services, school choral concerts, remembrance day events and eisteddfods.
“He shone in the senate, the camp and the grove,
The mirror of manhood, the darling of love,
He fought for his country, the star of the brave,
And died for it’s weal when to die was to save.
And wisdom and Valour long over him wept,
And Beauty, for ages, strewed flowers where he slept.
And the bards of the people inwrought with their lays
The light of his glory, the sound of his praise…
But afar in the foreworld have faded their strains,
And now of his being what record remains?
Within a lone valley a tomb crumbles fast
And the name of the sleeper is lost in the past.” Charles Harpur
Key C# minor
Range SA – C# above middle C to high F#; SSA – A below middle C to high F#
Tempo Espressivo con rubato, slow
Duration 2’52”
Performances The Forgotten was premiered by Brisbane Girls Grammar School in 2013
Score sample The Forgotten SA Page 1
Video sample
Sung by Brisbane Girls Grammar School
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