"INVICTUS" by Swiss composer Ivo Antognini (...a tribute to Nelson Mandela) The piece was written for Defrost Youth Choir (Norway) Thomas Caplin, conductor (soon published by Alliance Music Publications, Inc.) a poem by William Ernest Henl...  more"INVICTUS" by Swiss composer Ivo Antognini (...a tribute to Nelson Mandela) The piece was written for Defrost Youth Choir (Norway) Thomas Caplin, conductor (soon published by Alliance Music Publications, Inc.) a poem by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.  less

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Psalm 67 (King James Version) Free sheet music. Please get in touch! • Facebook: david.basden.9 • Email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com

Words by Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881). Uneasy dissonances set a sombre mood. No divisi. Free sheet music. Please get in touch! • facebook: david [dot] basden.9 • New email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com

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