Ivor Gurney (1890 – 1937)
Four Songs for voice and string orchestra
voice, Strings
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Details
- For
- voice, Strings
- Product Type
- Score
- Author / Composer
- Ivor Gurney
- Arranger
- Gerald Finzi
- Product number
- 665865
- Difficulty Level
- medium
Description
Finzis orchestration of four of his friend Ivor Gurneys songs dates from 1919. It comprises settings of Under the Greenwood Tree and Orpheus (Shakespeare), Sleep (Fletcher) and Spring (Nashe). The arranger, only eighteen at the time, fully exploits the possibilities of the string orchestra in these melodious settings, with much use of divisi to produce a rich texture. The cycle looks two decades ahead to the mature Finzis own Shakespeare cycle for voice and string orchestra, Let us Garlands B...
Content
- Under the Greenwood Tree (William Shakespeare)
- Orpheus (William Shakespeare)
- Sleep (John Fletcher)
- Spring (Thomas Nashe)
