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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100<br />
S A (T) (B)<br />
or T B<br />
23. La, la, la<br />
Anon.<br />
trans. Alan Bullard<br />
PIERRE CERTON<br />
(c.1515 –72)<br />
SOPRANO<br />
ALTO<br />
TENOR<br />
BASS<br />
°<br />
& bb<br />
Lively h = c.80<br />
p leggiero<br />
2<br />
. .<br />
œ # œ œ œ œ<br />
œ<br />
. .<br />
La,<br />
La,<br />
la,<br />
la,<br />
la,<br />
la,<br />
no<br />
je<br />
I<br />
ne<br />
can’t,<br />
l’o-,<br />
yes<br />
je<br />
p leggiero<br />
. .<br />
? ¢ b b œ œ<br />
2<br />
˙ œ œ œ<br />
œ<br />
. .<br />
La,<br />
La,<br />
la,<br />
la,<br />
la,<br />
la,<br />
no<br />
je<br />
f<br />
n<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #<br />
œ<br />
I can’t,<br />
ne l’o-,<br />
I can,<br />
ne l’o-,<br />
f<br />
yes<br />
je<br />
p<br />
no<br />
je<br />
œ œ œ<br />
œ<br />
I can,<br />
ne l’o-,<br />
p<br />
no<br />
je<br />
I can-not<br />
tell<br />
ne l’o - se di -<br />
œ œ œ œ œ<br />
I can-not<br />
tell<br />
ne l’o - se di -<br />
œ œ<br />
you.<br />
re.<br />
œ<br />
you.<br />
re.<br />
for online perusal only<br />
4<br />
°<br />
&b b . .<br />
f<br />
œ nœ ˙ œ œ œ #<br />
œ<br />
. .<br />
œ<br />
nœ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ #<br />
œ<br />
˙<br />
La, la, la, Yes, I’ll tell you straight, la, la, la, la, yes, I’ll tell you<br />
La,<br />
.<br />
la,<br />
.<br />
la, Je le vous di - rai, et la, la, la, je le vous di -<br />
?<br />
¢ b b œ œ œ œ œ ˙˙<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙˙<br />
œ œ œ œ<br />
˙<br />
. .<br />
f<br />
straight.<br />
rai.<br />
U<br />
u<br />
8<br />
°<br />
mf legato (repeat pp)<br />
&b b .<br />
œ œ œ<br />
There’s<br />
nœ œ œ # œ œ œ.<br />
œ.<br />
œ<br />
j n<br />
J œ œ œ # œ ˙˙<br />
?<br />
¢ b b<br />
.<br />
Il<br />
a<br />
est<br />
man who’s<br />
un homme<br />
mf legato (repeat pp)<br />
from<br />
en<br />
our<br />
no’<br />
vil<br />
vi<br />
- lage Who’s<br />
- lle, Qui<br />
sus -pi<br />
- cious <strong>of</strong><br />
de sa femme est<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ. œ œ œ œ œ<br />
J œ<br />
œ œ œ ˙<br />
his<br />
ja<br />
-<br />
wife.<br />
loux.<br />
Two-part: SA (with altos singing Bass an octave higher), SB, or TB (with tenors singing Soprano an octave lower)<br />
Mixed voices: SAB, STB, or SATB<br />
The repeat is optional, as are the pauses between verses.<br />
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