“For Every Love a Place” — New TTBB setting of poem by James Fenimore Cooper, Jr.

My setting for men’s chorus (TTBB) of the poem “To a Friend” by James Fenimore Cooper, Jr., is now available from J.W.Pepper, where you may preview the score and listen to a recording: https://www.jwpepper.com/10652808.item

The demo recording is also available on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/greg-bartholomew-choral/for-every-love-a-place

Captain Cooper (1892-1918) was the great-grandson of the famous novelist. A graduate of Yale, Cooper died of pneumonia at Cap Dix, New Jersey, the first member of his class to die in service during World War I. To a Friend was published posthumously in 1918 in a collection titled Afterglow, some of which had previously appeared in the Yale Literary Magazine. Captain Cooper is described therein as having a character which never departed from the determination to do what was right and to be kind and just to all.

Duration: 5 minutes.

— Greg Bartholomew (www.gregbartholomew.com)