Three Spring Songs

for SSA choir and piano
by  Steven Paxton

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SSA settings, with piano accompaniment, of texts by e. e. cummings (in Just), Thomas Dekker (The Merry Month of May), and from Genesis 1:11-12 (First Spring). The style is rhythmically intricate, includes spoken passages, and is rooted in an expanded tonality; the piano accompaniment is virtuosic.

SKU: SPN-020 Categories: ,
Descriptive Tags:Fruitful Earth, Humorous, Nature, Poetry, Spring
Difficulty:Advanced Student, Advanced
Duration:1-5 Minutes
Language:English
Sacred or Secular:Secular
Voicing:SSA

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