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The poem "Sweet and Low" by Tennyson has been set to music in two different versions, one by Barnby and another by Stanford. The following is a series of variations based on Barnby's musical interpretation. As the composition unfolds from its original transcription, the leading melody turns into a melismatic style, which is rotated between all instruments. It concludes with a short canon derived from the initial phrase. The original poem was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, with the main theme reflecting the winds of the western sea.
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