Vocal and Piano
SKU:
HL.50498806
Composed
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs.
Vocal Solo. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2015.
8 pages. G. Schirmer
#JC02565. Published by G.
Schirmer (HL.50498806).
English.
Cecil Armstrong
Gibbs was a prolific
and versatile English
composer of the 20th
century. Gibbs
is best known for his
output of songs, but he
also wrote a considerable
amount of music for the
amateur choirsthat he
conducted. His reputation
as a song-writer largely
lies in his natural gift
for text setting - he
insisted on giving
priority to the words
over the music and had
very clear musical ideas
on what a song
shouldbe.
These
principles prevailed when
writing The
Cherry Tree in
1949 - the Voice is
clearly put to the
foreground, with the
Piano only supporting the
singer in the background,
so a confident and
capableperformance is
needed from the soloist.
Words by Margaret Rose.
Performance time
approximately 3
minutes.
