John Rutter
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
for SATB unaccompanied
John Rutter
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
for SATB unaccompanied
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Composer John Rutter
- Lyricist William Shakespeare
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Order no. 9780193524811
Description:
This secular work by John Rutter is set to the text of Shakespeare's famous Sonnet No. 18. Throughout the work, Rutter skilfully weaves the figurative language of the sonnet within the lyrical melodic lines of the music. Shakespeare's expressive text is passed between the voices, with the warm, verdant harmonies enveloping the sonnet's use of imagery and the work's central metaphor of comparing love to a summer's day.