"A City Plum is Not a Plum" [Fiona Lander]

"A City Plum is Not a Plum" [Fiona Lander]

First line of lyrics: A city plum is not a plum

Lander, Fiona; music (British)

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

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: two flats

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'A city plum is not a plum'"

Composition history: "This was enormous fun to write. Terrific words…great for singing!" ("A City Plum is Not a Plum – SATB unaccompanied choir")

Performance instructions: "There are lots of layers with much interplay between parts, so delivery needs to be confident and precise for this to be effective! Please take note of the special pronunciation of some words" ("A City Plum is Not a Plum – SATB unaccompanied choir").

Performance history: "This was performed at several 'pop-up' performances by the Chorus of Northern Sinfonia in July 2022" (Lander).

Format 1: sound recording

performance time 1 minute and 28 seconds

Other data reference(s): Lander, Fiona. "Re: Christina Rossetti in Music." Received by Mary Arseneau. 27 July 2022.
"A City Plum is Not a Plum – SATB unaccompanied choir." Fiona Lander, https://fionalander.com/a-city-plum-is-not-a-plum-satb-unaccompanied-choir/. Accessed 5 August 2022.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "A City Plum is Not a Plum – SATB unaccompanied choir." Fiona Lander, https://fionalander.com/a-city-plum-is-not-a-plum-satb-unaccompanied-choir/. Accessed 5 August 2022.

Record: CRM-cityplum-lander

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