Name: Closer to Home by Jeremy Van Buskirk Choir Digital Sheet Music
Brand: World Projects Corporation
Price: 4.99 USD
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Closer to Home
by Jeremy Van Buskirk Choir - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title Closer to Home

Artist Jeremy Van Buskirk

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Jeremy Van Buskirk

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 22

Arrangement Choir

Publisher World Projects Corporation

Level 3

Product ID 1123989

Genre Contemporary

Instruments Choir

Product Description

The text for Closer to Home is taken from a hymn written by Norbert Čapek (1870-1942.) Čapek was born in Bohemia and later became the founder of the Unitarian Church in the Czech Republic. Čapek joined the Unitarian Church while living in the U.S. escaping unwanted government pressure over his political and religious views. He also worked to gain U.S. support for a free state of Czechoslovakia. After World War I, he returned to Prague and its at this time he founded his church. During World War II, Čapek was accused of treason and sent to the Dachau concentration camp. He was put to death in 1942.

The lyrics describe a traveler eager to the return home after a long journey. The journey is full of wonder and as it nears its end the anticipation grows. During the last stanza, Čapek reveals the story traces the traveler's journey through life and we
realize how far the they have come.

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