SSA Choir
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366071
Arranged by Sarah Dacey.
Classical. Choral Score.
Composed 2016. 11 pages.
University of York Music
Press #MUSM570366071.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366071).
Cruel Sister
for three voices (SSA), a
traditional ballad
arranged by Sarah Dacey .
Duration: 4 minutes.
Composed: 2010 Also
published as part of
UYMP's Songspin Songbook,
ISMN M 57036 603 3. This
murder ballad first
appeared in broadside in
1656 as The Twa Sisters
but is also known as
Binnorie and The Singing
Bone. The versions vary a
great deal, for example
the Norse version has the
authorities bring the
family a pipe to identify
the murderer. When the
older sister plays it,
blood drips from it and
she is condemned to death
and pulled apart by
horses. My version ends
with her unsuccessfully
trying to smash the harp
in two and then running
into the forests, driven
mad by the songwhich will
forever pursue her. First
performed by Juice Vocal
Ensemble on 28th July
2010 at Harrogate
Festival, St James’
Church, Birstwith.
