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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114<br />
S (A) (Bar)<br />
(or S A A)<br />
Piano<br />
for E.D.B.R.<br />
26. My heart is like<br />
a singing bird<br />
Christina Rossetti<br />
(1830 – 94)<br />
MICHAEL HIGGINS<br />
( b. 1981)<br />
SOPRANO<br />
ALTO<br />
Joyful q = c.86<br />
° 3<br />
& b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑<br />
°<br />
¢<br />
{<br />
°<br />
¢<br />
{<br />
BARITONE<br />
? 3<br />
¢ b 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑<br />
Joyful q = c.86<br />
‰ œ œ œ œ œ. œ<br />
{<br />
J ˙.<br />
? b<br />
3<br />
˙<br />
4<br />
con Ped.<br />
&b ∑<br />
&b Œ ‰<br />
œ j œ œ Œ ‰ -<br />
œ j œ œ ˙.<br />
? b œ˙.<br />
œ ˙<br />
œ˙.<br />
œ ˙<br />
˙.<br />
&b<br />
œ œ œ ‰ œ<br />
j J œ. œ<br />
j<br />
J<br />
&b<br />
5<br />
10<br />
PIANO<br />
3<br />
&b 4<br />
SOPRANOS & ALTOS unis.<br />
mf molto legato<br />
wa-ter’d<br />
shoot;<br />
for online perusal only<br />
S.<br />
A.<br />
mf<br />
My<br />
heart<br />
œ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ. œ J œ<br />
˙. œ ˙<br />
f<br />
˙. . ˙. ˙˙. . ˙˙. .<br />
Œ Œ œ œ. œ j œ œ œ œ œ. œ j œ œ œ œ<br />
is like a sing-ing<br />
bird Whose nest is in the<br />
œ. œ œ œ œ˙. ˙ ˙œ œ œ œ<br />
J<br />
- - -<br />
œ œ ˙<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ<br />
œ j ˙<br />
œ œ j œ<br />
œ œ<br />
œ œ<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ<br />
My heart is like an ap-ple-tree<br />
Whose boughs are bent with<br />
œ<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ<br />
˙œ œ œ œ œ ˙.<br />
œ. œ J<br />
œ ˙<br />
œ œ ˙œœ œ œ œ œ<br />
œ˙<br />
œ œ œ<br />
œ˙.<br />
œ ˙<br />
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ<br />
â<br />
ä<br />
Unison: sing Soprano (except in bars 35– 8, where Alto should be sung) at any octave<br />
Two-part: SA, SBar<br />
Three-part: SABar or SAA (with A2 singing Baritone at pitch)<br />
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