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Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports.-
Si j'avais le bateau

... Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ...

Arr.: Somers, Harry Stewart (1925-1999) [Canada]

Edition
Published by Gordon V. Thompson Music [Canada] , 1969
Ref. : WEI-1009  (17 p.) , "Elmer Iseler choral series"
Type of material: Full score
Copyright : Chanteclair Music, 1969
 
Description
Text in: French + adapted in International Phonetic Alphabet
Epoque: 20th century
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Popular ; Drinking song
Mood of the piece: fast ; rousing ; joyous
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: Piano  (1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments: Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): D
Tonality: G major
Duration: 2.5 min.
Origin: Newfoundland
Musicological Sources: from "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports" collected by Kenneth Peacock, National Museum of Canada, 1965 by permission of the Queen's Printer
Keywords: drink ; boat ; sea ; father
 

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