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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86 Four Bird <strong>Songs</strong><br />
Voices 1 2<br />
John Clare (1793 – 1864)<br />
from The Shepherd’s Calendar: January<br />
19. The Robin<br />
No. 4 <strong>of</strong> Four Bird <strong>Songs</strong><br />
ALAN BULLARD<br />
( b. 1947 )<br />
VOICE 1<br />
VOICE 2<br />
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- gain the ro - bin wax - es tame,<br />
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≈ œ 4 œ. œ j œ j ‰ ‰ œ j<br />
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2<br />
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ven - tures<br />
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j ‰ œ œ ‰<br />
ven - tures<br />
mf<br />
pi -ty’s<br />
crumbs to claim;<br />
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2<br />
œ ≈ œ 4 œ. œ œ 4 œ j ‰ Œ<br />
pi -ty’s<br />
crumbs to claim;<br />
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œ ≈ œ ˙ 3<br />
4 œ j ‰ nœ<br />
œ ≈ œ œ ≈ œ 4 œ ≈ œ œ œ j . ‰<br />
<strong>of</strong>f the snow, Which<br />
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Pick<br />
≈ 3<br />
œ œ ≈ œ 4 ˙ œ j ‰ œ 4 œ ≈ œ œ ≈ œ œ ≈ œ<br />
the tri - fles <strong>of</strong>f the snow, Which<br />
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- ing<br />
the tri - fles<br />
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Pick<br />
dames on pur - pose dai - ly throw;<br />
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ing<br />
dames on pur - pose dai - ly<br />
And perch - ing on the win - dow sill, the win - dow sill,<br />
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throw;<br />
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œ œ. œ - œ œ<br />
And perch - ing on thewin - dow sill, thewin<br />
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See performance note on page 81.<br />
© <strong>Oxford</strong> University Press 2019. ‘The Robin’ from The Shepherd’s Calendar : January by John Clare (1793–1864), Second<br />
Edition, edited by Eric Robinson, Ge<strong>of</strong>frey Summerfield, and David Powell. Used by permission <strong>of</strong> <strong>Oxford</strong> University Press.<br />
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