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The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard. Benjamin Britten. Choir sheet music.

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Die Ballade van Little Musgrave en Lady Barnard. Benjamin Britten. Koor bladmusiek.

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The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard composed by Benjamin Britten. 1913-1976. For Choral. TBB. BH Secular Choral. 22 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051481705. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. HL.48021286. ISBN 1458471608. 6.75x10.5 inches. for male voices. T Bar B. and piano. Britten notes that this should be two pianos if performed by a large chorus. Text. anon. from the Oxford Book of Ballads. Publisher. Boosey & Hawkes. Difficulty level. 2-3. This work had a curious genesis. Britten's stance as a conscientious objector in World War II is well known but his sympathies for those caught up in its ramifications were as deeply felt as anyone's. Written in the middle of the war years, this ballad was composed 'For Richard Wood and the musicians of Oflag VIIb - Germany'. Wood had organised a music festival at this officers' POW camp at Eichstätt, Bavaria between February and March 1943 and Britten's work was performed at seven of the concerts. The story tells of an unfaithful wife and her lover. Lady Barnard and little Musgrave. being discovered in flagrante delicto and murdered by the cheated husband, Lord Barnard. The music is wonderfully descriptive of the tale beginning with a plodding piano part and the prosaic opening of the tale. As the baritones and then the tenors join the fray, so intensity grows as the liaison between the two lovers is laid bare. A 'little tiny page' - Lady Barnard's footman - overhears the assignation made between the two, and he dashes off to spill the beans to his master who hastens to catch them red-handed. Musgrave thinks he hears Lord Barnard's hunting horn urging his horses to speed on. His mistress, however, encourages him to lie longer , thinking it is just a shepherd's horn. And so the die is cast. The ending is a moving slow threnody as Barnard laments the death of his wife, urging the gravediggers to put her on top of Musgrave as 'she comes from nobler kin'. This is a wonderfully dramatic work which will be well within the capabilities of most reasonable choirs. It needs a group of singers who can sustain long-ish lines in the slower passages, and counter a possible tendency to flatness in these sections as well. Care should be taken over the balance between the three parts and especially over the division between the two bass parts. The ability. desire. to tell the story with a sense of involvement and of passion will make all the difference to a successful performance. Duration. 10 minutes. Paul Spicer, Lichfield, 2011.

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Die Ballade van Little Musgrave en Lady Barnard saamgestel deur Benjamin Britten. 1913-1976. Vir Choral. TBB. BH Sekulêre Choral. 22 bladsye. Буси. Gepubliseer deur Boosey. HL.48021286. ISBN 1458471608. 6.75x10.5 duim. vir manlike stemme. T Bar B. en klavier. Britten daarop dat hierdie moet wees twee klaviere indien uitgevoer deur 'n groot koor. Teks. Anon. uit die Oxford Book ballades. Uitgewer. Boosey. Moeilikheidsgraad. 2-3. Hierdie werk het 'n eienaardige ontstaan. Britten se houding as 'n gewetensbeswaarde in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog is bekend, maar sy simpatie vir diegene wat vasgevang is in sy gevolge is so diep gevoel iemand se. Geskryf in die middel van die oorlog jare, was hierdie ballade saamgestel Want Richard Wood en die musikante van Oflag VIII - Duitsland. Wood het georganiseerde 'n musiekfees op hierdie beamptes POW kamp by Eichstatt, was Bavaria tussen Februarie en Maart 1943 en Britten se werk by sewe van die konserte. Die verhaal vertel van 'n ontroue vrou en haar minnaar. Lady Barnard en min Musgrave. word in flagrante delicto ontdek en vermoor deur die verneuk man, Here Barnard. Die musiek is wonderlik beskrywende van die verhaal begin met 'n swaar klavier deel en die prozaïsche opening van die verhaal. As die Bari Tones en dan die tenore sluit die geveg, so intensiteit groei as die skakeling tussen die twee minnaars is blootgelê. A 'n bietjie klein bladsy '- Lady Barnard se livreiknecht - hoor die aanwysing gemaak tussen die twee, en hy verpletter af die bone by sy heer wat haastig om hulle te vang heterdaad te mors. Musgrave dink hy hoor Here Barnard se jaghoring aandring sy perde spoed op. Sy minnares egter moedig hom langer lê, dink dit is net 'n skaapwagter se horing. En so het die dobbelsteen gegooi. Die einde is 'n bewegende stadige threnody as Barnard betreur die dood van sy vrou, dring die grafgrawers haar te sit op die top van Musgrave as 'Sy kom uit edeler familieverwant'. Dit is 'n wonderlike dramatiese werk wat goed sal wees binne die vermoëns van die meeste redelike kore. Dit moet 'n groep sangers wat lank-ish lyne kan onderhou in die stadiger gange, en teen 'n moontlike neiging om vlakheid in hierdie afdelings asook. Sorg moet oor die balans tussen die drie dele en veral oor die verdeling tussen die twee bass dele geneem word. Die vermoë. begeerte. die storie met 'n gevoel van betrokkenheid en passie te vertel sal al die verskil maak aan 'n suksesvolle prestasie. Duur. 10 minute. Paul Spicer, Lichfield, 2011.