"Song of the Branch" [Yvonne M Barton-Leach]

"Song of the Branch" [Yvonne M Barton-Leach]

First line of lyrics: Two doves upon the self-same branch

Barton-Leach, Yvonne M.; music (Australian)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2015 [publication]; 2014 [copyright]

Wollongong: Wirripang Pty Ltd

genre: song|choral music|part song|children's music

chorus: children's two-part chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 2/4

other version 1 - chorus: children’s three-part chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

origin: Australia

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Two doves upon the selfsame branch")

Tempo markings: quarter note = 90

Performance instructions: "This sweet piece based on the poetry of Christina Rossetti introduces young voices to beginnings of harmony singing. ! "Song of the Branch" includes simple harmony opportunities, counter-melodies and canonic motifs to develop young choral singers."

Format 1: musical score

7 pages; performance time c. 2 minutes

Cataloguer: Julia Farnsworth, University of Ottawa

Musical score for two-part: Wirripang Pty Ltd

Musical score for three-part: Wirripang Pty Ltd

Record: CRM-songtwodoves-bartonleach

File(s): CRM-songtwodoves-bartonleach-2part.pdf; CRM-songtwodoves-bartonleach-3part.pdf

"Copyright © 2014 Y M Barton-Leach. | Published by Wirripang Pty Ltd, February 2015." "All rights reserved. This material (music and preface) may not reproduced or tansmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, without permission in writing from the publisher. | First published February 2015 | Wirripang Pty Ltd | 18/106 Corrimal Street, Wollongong 2500 | Australia." The score appears on this website by kind permission of the publisher, Wirripang Pty Ltd.

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