Description
Up the Raw, maw bonny; I thought to marry a parson; Buy broom buzzems; A’ the neet ower an’ ower; As me an’ me marra was gannin’ ta wark; There’s Quayside fer sailors; It’s O but aw ken weel
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for soprano, clarinet, and piano A Beuk o’Newcassel Sangs is the title of a nineteenth-century folk-song collection. Finnissy uses the folk-song texts, with numerous alterations, as a starting point for this own melodic material. The seven songs evoke a folk quality through the use of heavily decorated modal tunes. Only one line of melody is heard at a time, and the clarinet and piano sustain drones around the vocal part or provide linking material.
Up the Raw, maw bonny; I thought to marry a parson; Buy broom buzzems; A’ the neet ower an’ ower; As me an’ me marra was gannin’ ta wark; There’s Quayside fer sailors; It’s O but aw ken weel
Weight | 99 g |
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Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Primary composer/editor/arranger | Finnissy, Michael |
Published date | 05/04/1990 |
Pages | 24 |
Forces | Soprano, clarinet, piano |