David C. Dickau

A dynamic Walt Whitman text that celebrates the joys of music. Exploring many themes and styles, this is a fantastic honor choir or festival selection from David Dickau.

Written for the honor choirs of southeast Minnesota, this is a joyful and dignified piece. The poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay expresses an appreciation for life, for its simple pleasures of nature an...

Available: SATB, SAB, 2-Part.

This wonderful text of Robert Louis Stevenson celebrates life in this sensational piece for high school and college. You can almost feel the mist of the highland meadows and will enjoy the calm of con...

New, accessible setting of Campion's well-known poem, exploring joy and pain resolving in the anticipation of lovers reuniting. A wonderful concert selection for high school and beyond.

From Minnesota master composer David Dickau, this lovely setting of the e. e. cummings poem is a great showpiece for an advanced choir. Expansive vocal lines, an engaging text, and full harmonies add...

The third movement from the Of Life and Love song suite, David Dickau perfectly captures the essence of this moody, intensely introspective secular poem by Christina Rossetti.

From the suite Of Life and Love, this setting of Robert Bridges' poetry brims with passion and anticipation, and requires a very capable choir for maximum effect. A challenging piano accompaniment sup...

This straightforward, accessible setting of a Latin hymn text (O born light of light) works well for festival, concert and worship functions, and would be especially appropriate for the advent season....

Joyful and sprightly, this features a gracious text by Coleridge which is appropriate for Valentine's Day or spring concerts. The musical interplay of the piano, vocal lines and marvelous clarinet par...

Shakespeare contemporary Christopher Marlowe's poem inspired this lighthearted work. An excellent choice for high school, college and community choirs. A given for the spring concert! Duration: ca. 3:...

Here is an impressive, yet romantically intimate, piece. The title gives away the mood of the beautiful love poem by E.E. Cummings. With rich color and expression, this work is very suitable for matur...

Here is an impressive, yet romantically intimate piece by David Dickau, inspired by the wonderful mood of Sara Teasdale's poem. A lovely choice for the mature high school choir and beyond, or for a fe...

Available: SATB, SAB, 2-Part.

Written for the honor choirs of southeast Minnesota, this is a joyful and dignified piece. The poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay expresses an appreciation for life, for its simple pleasures of nature an...

Available: SATB, SAB, 2-Part.

Christina Rossetti wrote a wonderful text that has inspired many great composers to set her text to music. David Dickau is one of today's most celebrated composers and he has brought new loveliness to...

Another gorgeous composition for strong choirs, this work from David Dickau allows larger ensembles to demonstrate their full sound and expressiveness. Although the text is most suited to the Christma...

A finely crafted choral version of Herrick's Charm Me Asleep, asking to melt one's pains before the flight to heaven. For the motivated choir, a fine concert or festival choice.

America the Beautiful and The Star Spangled Banner are two of our nation's most beloved patriotic songs. In an excellent arrangement by David Dickau, the a cappella vocal lines flow easily for each pa...

The Road Not Taken is one of America's favorite poems from Robert Frost, one of America's favorite writers. Respected composer David Dickau has given a new tune to this classic text. The musical writi...