Women on the Plains: Three Canadian Folk Songs .- Away, Far down the River (1988)
... Commissioned for the Women's Choir of the University of Calgary, Malcolm Edwards, conductor ...
Arr.: Parker, Alice (1925-2023) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Treble Clef Music Press
[USA]
, 1996
Ref. :
TC-118
(5 p.)
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
20th century
(1980-1989)
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Popular
Mood of the piece:
sorrowful ; slow
Type of Choir:
SSA (3 boy choir OR children OR women voices )
Instrumentation:
Piano
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
A minor
Duration:
3.0 min.
Origin:
Canada
Source of text:
Folk Songs of Canada, vol 1 and 2 (Waterloo, Ontario: Waterloo Music Company, 1954 et seq.)
