Cor by four! Easy quartets book IV: Songs of the British Isles
Original Title
Composer
Various
Year
Editor
Arranger
Lynsdale-Nock, John
Year Arranged
2002
Original Instrumentation
Type of Arrangement
2
Availability
1
Publisher
Corniworld
Year Published
2002
Catalogue Number
CPH006
Sheet Music Format
A4, Score (14) & parts (4x4=16)
Horns
4
Additional Equipment
Others
Other Instruments
Difficulty
Easy
Duration
10
Structure / Movements
12 songs:
I Traditional - The ash grove: Moderato
II Traditional - The bluebells of Scotland: Moderato
III Traditional - Charlie is my darling: Moderato
IV Traditional - David of the white rock: Andante
V Traditional - The British grenadier: Moderato
VI Traditional - March of the men of Harlech: Ala marcia
VII Arne, T. A. - Rule Britannia: Allegretto
VIII Traditional - Drink to me only: Andante
IX Traditional - The skye boat song: Allegretto
X Traditional - All through the night: Moderato
XI Traditional - Cockles and mussels
XII Traditional - Auld lang syne: Moderato
Clefs
Treble
Meters
3/4, 4/4, 2/4, 2/2, 6/8
Key signatures
1#, 2#, 3b, 1b
Range
Horn 1: c1 - e2
Horn 2: a - a1
Horn 3: c1 - eb2
Horn 4: g - e1
Creator's Comments
Performance Notes
There is little to add to the comments on the previous three volumes:
Cor by four! - Easy quartets book I
Cor by four! - Easy quartets book II: The Christmas album
Cor by four! - Easy quartets book III: Dances of the British Isles
Limited range, accidentals in the key, meters, harmonic and melodic structure, all ideal for a beginning quartet after some nice but not difficult music to play. The subject matter in this volume is sings from the British Isles, and many of the titles above will sound familiar to people from, if perhaps not everywhere, at least the anglo-saxon regions of the world.
As with the other volumes it is hard to go wrong with this one, as it provides solid arrangements on which to work on that at the same time produce pleasant music - if not for the young performers then undoubtedly for the listeners of the previous generation.
Credits
Provision of review score: John Lynsdale-Nock (Corniworld)