"The White Gulls", Brass Quartet Transcription (#103 from Charles Ives' 114 Songs)

Ives is one of my big heroes, in case you couldn&tell. This is in his 114 Songs, and it&about the souls of dead sailors being trapped in seagulls. The lyrics are: "The white gulls dip and wheel Over waters gray like steel. The white gulls call and cry As they spread their wings and fly. The white gulls sink to rest On the tide&slow heaving breast. Souls of men that turn and wheel Over waters cold as steel. Souls of men that call and cry As theyy know not where to fly. Souls of men that sink to rest On an all receiving breast." Matt Riggen: trumpet, trombone, tuba, arrangement/transcription, video editing Charles Ives: composition Maurice Morris: lyric