Oxford Book of Flexible Choral Songs
The Oxford Book of Flexible Choral Songs is the perfect resource for secular choirs and singing groups who like the flexibility to perform songs in a range of combinations from unison to SATB. Each piece may be performed by a mixed choir, but is also presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers, including upper voices or men's voices alone. As well as new arrangements of existing repertoire, the collection also features newly commissioned original works, specially written for flexible forces.
The Oxford Book of Flexible Choral Songs is the perfect resource for secular choirs and singing groups who like the flexibility to perform songs in a range of combinations from unison to SATB. Each piece may be performed by a mixed choir, but is also presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers, including upper voices or men's voices alone. As well as new arrangements of existing repertoire, the collection also features newly commissioned original works, specially written for flexible forces.
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Four Bird <strong>Songs</strong> 81<br />
Voices 1 2<br />
Alfred, Lord Tennyson<br />
(1809 – 92)<br />
16. The Owl<br />
No. 1 <strong>of</strong> Four Bird <strong>Songs</strong><br />
ALAN BULLARD<br />
( b. 1947 )<br />
VOICE 1<br />
VOICE 2<br />
°<br />
& b b<br />
< ‹ ><br />
Allegretto q = c.100<br />
mp leggiero<br />
2<br />
4<br />
-<br />
‰ Œ ‰ œ œ. J<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ. ‰<br />
mp leggiero<br />
And light is come, And dew is<br />
2<br />
¢ & b b 4 œ j œ<br />
< ‹ > œ œ œ. œ j œ œ œ œ œ<br />
-<br />
œ œ œ œ œ j ‰<br />
When cats run home, And dew is cold up-on<br />
the ground,<br />
cold<br />
up-on<br />
the ground,<br />
for online perusal only<br />
6<br />
°<br />
&<br />
< ‹ ><br />
¢ &<br />
< ‹ ><br />
b b œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ<br />
And the far - <strong>of</strong>f stream is dumb, And the whir ring<br />
- sail goes round, And the<br />
b b œ. œ œ œ œ. œ j œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ<br />
And the far - <strong>of</strong>f stream is dumb, And the whir ring<br />
- sail goes round, And the<br />
11<br />
°<br />
& b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ‰ Œ ‰ j<br />
< ‹ ><br />
œ<br />
whir - ring sail goes round; A - lone<br />
and<br />
¢ & b b œ<br />
< ‹ ><br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ j œ. œ j œ œ œ œ œ. œ j<br />
whir - ring sail goes round; A - lone, a - lone and warm-ing<br />
his five wits, The<br />
19<br />
°<br />
& b b œ œ œ. œ ‰ œ j œ œ œ. œ ‰<br />
< ‹ ><br />
white owl, the<br />
¢ & b b œ<br />
< ‹ ><br />
œ œ. œ ‰<br />
œ j œ œ œ. œ<br />
white owl, the<br />
mf<br />
mf<br />
f<br />
f<br />
white owl, the<br />
p smoothly<br />
SOLO (opt.) TUTTI<br />
p<br />
p smoothly<br />
p<br />
white owl, the<br />
‰<br />
mf<br />
warm-ing<br />
his five wits,<br />
mf<br />
œ j œ œ œ. œ œ. œ ˙<br />
.<br />
p<br />
œ œ œ œ œ. œ j<br />
white owl in the bel-fry<br />
sits.<br />
œ j œ œ œ. œ œ. œ.<br />
white owl in the bel-fry<br />
sits.<br />
˙<br />
f<br />
The<br />
f<br />
These four short songs can be sung separately, or together to make a set. The following scoring options apply to each song:<br />
S and/or T sing Voice 1; A and/or B sing Voice 2.<br />
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