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Canadiana suite for soprano, tenor, flute, violin, cello, piano
RSN:
65568
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Composition Date:
2007
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:20:00
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Call Number
MV 2215 G349ca
Genre
Two Voices, With Chamber Ensemble, Woodwind(s), Keyboard / String Bowed
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2011-10-14
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Ave Maris Stella
Nova Scotia Song
Ojibway Lullaby
Berceuse Acadienne
Whistle Daughter, Whistle
Flunky Jim
A True Lover Of Mine
'Way Up The Ucletaw
The Soldier And His Sweetheart
Salish Song of Longing
We'll Rant And We'll Roar
Soprano, Tenor, Flute, Violin, Cello, Piano Commissioned by: Erato Ensemble
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 2 record(s)
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Extent of Item
3 parts ([12] p.) ;
Score
Instrumentation
Found 6 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
39365
Voices
Soprano
1
39365
Voices
Tenor
1
39365
Woodwinds
Flute
1
39365
Strings, bowed
Violin
1
39365
Strings, bowed
Violoncello
1
39365
Keyboard
Piano
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
24/03/2007 St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church Vancouver, BC Erato Ensemble: Catherine Laub, soprano; Kresha Faber, soprano; William George, tenor; Sandra Joy, piano; Tanya Kliefoth, flute; Larisa Lebeda, violin; Aleksandra Dziobek, cello
See Also
68685, Canadiana Suite, AR3124, William George, 00:22:11
Canadiana Suite is a cycle of Canadian folk songs. The arrangements are meant to sound improvisatory - like a group of musicians coming together to play well-known and well-loved tunes. The movements are meant to be played continuously, with as short a pause as possible. Notes on the songs: • Ave Maris Stella ~ Acadian settlers in Nova Scotia adopted this Latin hymn as their own around 1630. This arrangement is meant to evoke images of sailors playing the tune aboard ship on their way to the New World. The melody is passed around between the instruments with good-natured camaraderie (and just a hint of competition.) • Nova Scotia Song ~ This song was first written down in the 1930s near Halifax, although it most likely originated in Scotland. At the beginning of the song, the sea is calm. As it progresses, both the sea and the storyteller get more agitated. By he final verse we are in a full-fledged storm; whether the narrator made it back home or perished at sea is never revealed. • Ojibway Lullaby ~ The Ojibway were part of the Algonquin nation and lived on the northern shores west of Lake Huron and Lake Superior. Although my source for this lullaby claims the text is Ojibway, I could find nothing in the Ojibway or Algonquin languages that resembles these words. The flute should play as freely as possible in the introduction, with as much rubato as desired; the rests should be thought of more as pauses to let the sound ring. • Berceuse Acadienne ~ This Maritime lullaby should be played gently and lovingly. The melody starts in the violin, is repeated in the cello, and is completed in the violin. • Whistle Daughter, Whistle ~ This comic song is meant to be played freely and for laughs. For the premiere performance, two sopranos performed in this cycle. If only one soprano is used for this cycle, this song may either be excised, or the soprano may sing both characters, or the tenor may sing the mother. The pause markings and fermatas should be observed. The rhythm in measure 8 is only an indication; the singer should be as free and funny with this measure as possible. The whistles may be sung on the marked pitch if desired, but only in measure 21 is the indicated pitch required. In the same measure, the slide should be on the voice, ending in the whistle on F. • Flunky Jim ~ During the depression of the 1930s, when both work and money were scarce, the Saskatchewan government offered a penny for every gopher tail turned in. (Gophers ate the already scarce grain crops.) This good-natured song was made up by a father after hearing his son talk about the clothes he was going to buy with his gopher money. * A True Lover of Mine ~ Clearly a relative to “Scarborough Fair,” this song dates back to at least 1670. The ostinato lends a hypnotic effect, and the song should be played smoothly and steadily through the end, with only a slight ritard in the last bars. • ’Way Up the Ucletaw ~ This song was composed in Vancouver around 1896. “Ucletaw” is the name of a very treacherous area of the Seymour Narrows off the coast of British Columbia. • The Soldier And His Sweetheart ~ Some men would join any army that paid well, becoming “soldiers of fortune.” They had no strong loyalties for any particular country, nor for the girls they professed to love. The girl in this Nova Scotia song knows this type of man and refuses to marry him. My source for this song is titled “The Stormy Scenes of Winter.” For conciseness of narrative I eliminated the line containing the title and renamed the song. • Salish Song of Longing ~ This haunting melody comes from the Salish tribe in Southern British Columbia. It conveys homesickness and the longing for loved ones far away. It should be played emotionally and dramatically. There should be a pause before beginning the final song. • We’ll Rant and We’ll Roar ~ This popular Newfoundland song about a fisherman giving up his many girlfriends to finally settle down and marry is based on the old English sea chanty “Farewell and Adieu to You, Spanish Ladies.” As in many songs from Newfoundland, the names of actual people are used. The places mentioned are all tiny settlements around Placentia Bay on the island’s south-east coast.
Found 16 record(s)
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Vancouver
04VA65568
In Circulation
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1
Calgary
02CA65568
In Circulation
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1
Toronto
03TO65568
In Circulation
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1
Toronto
04TO65568
In Circulation
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1
Calgary
03CA65568
In Circulation
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1
Calgary
01CA65568
In Circulation
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1
Montréal
01MO65568
In Circulation
-
1
Vancouver
02VA65568
In Circulation
-
1
Calgary
04CA65568
In Circulation
-
1
Montréal
02MO65568
In Circulation
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1
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