The Garden



1996, Revised 2018 | soprano/alto saxophone; soprano/clarinet or soprano/bassoon.
2023 | mezzo-soprano/alto saxophone; mezzo-soprano/clarinet; mezzo-soprano/bassoon.

Poem by Franta Bass (1930-1944), a child killed in the Holocaust.

PDF download sheet music links are below.

Hard copies are available for purchase through Classical Vocal Reprints.

For recording licenses, please email me at lori@artsongs.com.

If you have an older edition, please email me for a complimentary updated score.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

  • 19, the sax part should now have a rest on beat 2+ (on the voice “A”)
  • 25, the sax part should now have a rest on beat 3 (on the voice “when”)
  • there should be a cresc. from 35 into 36, and then there can be a diminuendo during the long hold.