Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
("O Mistress Mine")
Lindberg,
Nils (1933-) [Sweden]
Text: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) [
[England]
Publisher: Danderyd: Sweden: Warner/Chappell Scandinavia AB
; 4 p.
Type of choir: SATB (div) (5 mixed voices)
Genre - Style - Musical FORM: Secular; Love
song; Choir; Sonnet
Mood of the piece:binary; slow;
Legato; melodic
Tonality: E major
Type of score: Full score
Duration: 2 min.
Difficulty for the choir (increases from 1 to
5): 3
Difficulty for the conductor (increases from A to
E): B
Text in English
Source of text: Sonnet XVIII, William
Shakespeare
Keywords: a cappella, day,
summer, maiden, love, death