CROCKER MUSIC

The Walrus and the Carpenter (2005)

• SATB choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano. [English] 9½′

―by Dean Crocker

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A jolly (yet dramatic!) setting of Lewis Carroll’s famous poem.

The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might.
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright—
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night…

—Lewis Carroll, 1871

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