David Solomons

Alternative title

A conductor's nightmare

Composer

David W Solomons

Lyricist

David W Solomons

Publisher

David W Solomons

Genre

Classical / Choral music

Instrumentation

Mixed choir, Male choir

Scored for

Choir

Type of score

Full score

Duration

4'36"

Language

English

Difficulty

Medium

Year of composition

2005

Description
Choral spoof on the 12 days of Christmas - the choir has its own ideas and wrecks the procession in various ways while the soloist gets it all wrong.
Words and music by David W Solomons.
The scores are available for men's voices (12daysATBarB.pdf) and for mixed choir (12daysSATB.pdf).
The zip file also includes midi files of each version in case they are of use for rehearsals

The sound sample is a performance by the composer multitracking (dwschorale).

A cartoon realisation can be seen on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOIADJNLCeU

The words (taking the last verse) are
...on the twelfth day of Christmas the choir processed in song

and twelve candles dripped

eleven altos flipped

and ten lines were clipped

and nine gins were sipped

and eight crept to the crypt

and seven hymn books slipped

and six basses quipped

and five sang in tune!

and four cassocks ripped

and three lost their script

and two tenors tripped

and the soloist got it all wrong.

Upload date

23 Dec 2012