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Frank Ferko FOUR AMERICAN FOLK SONGS SSAA unaccompanied Moderately Difficult
Skip to My Lou
This setting is a brisk one, with coy syncopation and lots of interplay. The tune itself is even inverted at one point. Not easy but the fun makes up for it. Duration: 2:15 8904
The textures vary from spare to lush, reflecting the pathos of this mournful folk song. Duration: 2:50 8906
$2.35
$2.35
She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain
All the Pretty Little Horses
This minor-mode lullaby is set in close harmonies which amplify its dual nature: sometimes soothing, sometimes a bit ominous. Duration: 2:50 8905
Poor Wayfaring Stranger
$2.35
With it’s swinging rhythms and laughing motif throughout, this is a fitting conclusion to Ferko’s set of four American folk songs. Eschewing weightier interpretations of the text, this setting is pure fun. Duration: 2:48 8907
$2.60
Steven Sametz Zinga! SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Zinga! Allows for simple staging where the singers make the nonsense syllables into a language which only they can understand, perhaps argumentative, friendly, or conspiratorial. Duration: 2:45 Difficult 8972 $2.80 Also available for TTBB 7360 $2.25
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