Nocturne for Whitman (piano score PDF)

Nocturne for Whitman — Greg Harradine

Solo piano score. Listen on YouTube.

Key: A major.

Duration: approx. 3:40

Grade/level: 7 / early advanced

Style/mood: cosmic, soulful

4 pages. 56 bars.

This composition is inspired by a few lines from Walt Whitman's 'When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer':

"I wander'd off by myself...and from time to time,

Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars."

You can read the full poem here.