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> 83<br />
Voices 1 2<br />
Alfred, Lord Tennyson<br />
(1809 – 92)<br />
See performance note on page 81.<br />
Andante serioso q = c.72<br />
17. The Eagle<br />
No. 2 <strong>of</strong> Four Bird <strong>Songs</strong><br />
© <strong>Oxford</strong> University Press 2019. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.<br />
ALAN BULLARD<br />
( b. 1947 )<br />
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