A cappella Publisher Desc.  Unified by the use of dynamics to depict the water's ebb and flow, this unaccompanied setting of H.W. Longfellow's poem The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls will be a treasure for your ensemble's library. The moderate-tessitura composition is filled with colorful harmonies and invites creative shaping from the conductor. The text-painting of individual lines are fulfilling to sing and welcome discussion and analysis.