Choir Secular (2-Part
choir)
SKU:
AP.48908
Composed by
Andy Beck. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Alfred Choral
Designs. Secular. Choral
Octavo. 8 pages. Alfred
Music #00-48908.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.48908).
UPC:
038081562322.
English.
This
darling little charmer
reads like step-by-step
instructions for
assembling a jigsaw
puzzle. Andy's writing
provides the perfect
lesson plan to teach
part-singing: Part II
sings an eight-bar
melody, Part I sings
their complementary eight
bars, the two combine, we
add some simple parallel
harmony on the refrain,
and voilà ! Teachers
will thoroughly
appreciate the
easy-to-play piano part
and compact vocal ranges
(no one sings higher or
lower than a D). In a
surprise, not-so-hidden
message, the lyrics
explain that the pieces
are scattered, not
broken, and though they
have come apart, when
they fit back together,
we'll have a wonderful
work of art. It's a
double metaphor about
points of view, or voice
parts, coming
together.
About Alfred
Choral
Designs
Th
e Alfred Choral Designs
Series provides student
and adult choirs with a
variety of secular choral
music that is useful,
practical, educationally
appropriate, and a
pleasure to sing. To that
end, the Choral Designs
series features original
works, folk song
settings, spiritual
arrangements, choral
masterworks, and holiday
selections suitable for
use in concerts,
festivals, and
contests.