Ce beau printemps
( Quand ce beau printemps je voys )
... To the Cantabile Youth Singers, Kingston ON ...
Edition
Ref. :
48019886
, "CME Conductor's Choice"
Type of material:
Full score
ISMN/ISBN :
979-051-47876-7
Description
Text in:
French
Epoque:
21st century
(2001-2010)
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Love song ; Choir ; Poem
Mood of the piece:
poetic ; light ; tender ; adagio
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
D major
Duration:
2.5 min.
Comment(s):
This setting of a sixteenth century French poem celebrates May Day, the mid-point between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice, which in many traditions marked the beginning of the pastoral summer season.