singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
Blue Boar Blue for alto and guitar
SM-000202872
- Alternative title
- Blue Boar Blue (the song)
- Composer
- David W Solomons
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Lyricist
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Mark Haviland
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Blues
- Instrumentation
- Acoustic guitar, Voice
- Scored for
- Duo
- Type of score
- Full score, Parts
- Duration
- 7'45"
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Year of composition
- 1975
Description
This is the original song on which my other versions of Blue Boar Blue (string quintet, piano two hands and piano four hands)
are based.
The poem by Mark Haviland relates how he is stuck indoors (in his room in Blue Boar Quad at Oxford University) studying instead of enjoying the summer weather out on the river punting with his girlfriend, whom he awaits with impatience.
The sound sample is my original performance (although I recorded the guitar break at a different time and
on a different machine, hence the somewhat different acoustic properties in that section).
The zip file contains the full score, guitar part and separate part for the guitar break (Blue Boar Fantasia)