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. 

Tags

Aftermath
It is not Always May
The Meeting

Details

Setting of poem by Longfellow
Publisher
Composer

Recordings

Media link
It Is Not Always May - parts