meaning of as vesta was from latmos hill descending
Text declamation mm 1-9: "Latmos hill" - "hill" is always set with the highest note in the phrase mm 8-9: "descending" - uses descending scales and leaps mm 12-22: "ascending" - uses ascending scales mm 36-46: "running down the hill" - uses quickly descending scales in imitative polyphony mm 48-49: "two by two" - two voices sing mm 50-51: "three by three" - three voices sing mm 51-52: "together" - all six voices sing mm 56-57: "all alone" - top voice sings alone mm 84-100: "Long live fair Oriana" - low voice begins with longa, continues with long, sustained notes
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain The song ostensibly refers to the Second Coming of Christ and subsequent Rapture, with the she referring to the chariot that the returning Christ is imagined as driving. Like most[citation needed] spirituals originating in the African-American community, however, this was probably a coded anthem for the Underground Railroad.