Las agachadas
The shake-down song
( Ese baile que llaman las Agachadas )
Arr.: Copland, Aaron (1900-1990) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
Boosey and Hawkes
[Great Britain]
, 1942
Number of pages :
24
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Spanish
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
20th century
(1900-1949)
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Folk dance ; Folk music
Mood of the piece:
fast ; energetic ; rhythmic
Type of Choir:
SSAATTBB (8 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Soprano (1) / Alto (1) / Tenor (1) / Bass (1) (4 soloist(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
D major
Duration:
3.5 min.
Origin:
Spain
Musicological Sources:
Based on melody No. 202 in Kurt Schindler's collection: "Folk Music and Poetry of Spain and Portugal." The soloists listed above are actually a solo group with a recommended size of 3-4 voices per part.
Source of text:
Spanish folk song
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # 1206A (41 copies)