SKU: BT.MUSM570365791

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Thomas Simaku 's Albanian Wedding Song for SSA choir. This song is part of a set published as Three Albanian Folk Songs for Female Choir. Qenke veshur me të bardha (Dressed in White - Kosova) is the most popular wedding song which is sung not only in Kosova, but in every Albanian wedding. As in most folk songs, these tunes are remarkably short. The melodies themselves have not been altered, but have been extended, enriched in texture, and presented in different ways. The melodic lines serve as a point of departure for the proliferation of a distinct harmonic vocabulary for each song. Within the overall folk idiom of the piece, each song has its own flavour and character.

SKU: SU.80300263

This high-energy setting of the song from Much Ado about Nothing advises ladies to be happy without fickle men, who have one foot in sea and one on shore. At the refrains, with their hey nonny nonny's and woe, woe, woe's, the bard goes be-bop. See if your singers catch the piano's reference to a hornpipe! SSA, piano Published by: Treble Clef Music Minimum order quantity: 8 copies.

SKU: BT.MUSM570202133

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Thomas Simaku 's Three Albanian Folk Songs for two Sopranos and Alto. This piece was published in 2001 and was written for the Norwegian Mediaeval Trio. The first performance took place at Birmingham Early Music Festival, 10th November 2001. Also available as a version for female choir.