David Bednall: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?: Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Vocal Score | Sheet Music and Books
COMPOSER:
David Bednall
PUBLISHER:
Oxford University Press
PRODUCT FORMAT:
Vocal Score
David Bednall 's Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? for SATB double choir unaccompanied. A setting of Shakespeare 's much-loved Sonnet 18, Bednall 's expressive workhighlights this timeless text with sumptuous harmony, including pleasing tonal shifts and topical false relations. Various
Specifications
Composer | David Bednall |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Instrumentation | SSAATTBB |
Product Format | Vocal Score |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Grade of Difficulty | INTERMEDIATE |
ISBN | 9780193413450 |
No. | OUP9780193413450 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Voicing | Double Choir |
Series | New Horizons |
Description
David Bednall's Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? for SATB double choir unaccompanied.
A setting of Shakespeare's much-loved Sonnet 18, Bednall's expressive workhighlights this timeless text with sumptuous harmony, including pleasing tonal shifts and topical false relations. Various choral textures are explored, from the imitative lines of 'Sometime too hot', to the warm richness of theclosing pages, where the choir divides into eight parts. This work is part of the New Horizons series and a Piano reduction is included for rehearsal purposes.