Waves of Gallipoli
A cappella
The Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey is now marked with cemeteries; particularly striking are the graves of Australian and New Zealand infantry which are marked with epitaphs provided by the families of the fallen. Five of these epitaphs are included in the text for Waves of Gallipoli, along with lines from poet Leon Gellert, a Gallipoli veteran. In the music we can hear the undulating Aegean Sea lapping the Gallipoli coastline; sad melismas evoke the moans of the wounded and dying. Following the epitaphs, a single voice sounds the Last Post, a reverent bugle call used by Commonwealth countries to memorial fallen soldiers, akin to Taps in the U.S. military.
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