singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
Variations on While shepherds watched their flocks by night for flute quartet (3 flutes and 1 alto flute)
SM-000341695
- Composer
- folklore
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Arranger
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David W Solomons
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Classical / Instrumental
- Instrumentation
- Flute, Alto Flute
- Scored for
- Quartet
- Type of score
- Full score, Parts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Year of composition
- 2018
Description
Instrumental arrangement of one of the tunes used for the Christmas carol
"While shepherds watched their flocks by night", as found in Este's Psalter.
The variations become more florid and there is much use of flutter tonging to emphasise the chill in the air
and the fear of the shepherds when they see the angel.
Each instrument has a go at the tune and one of the variations goes into a minor mode.
The pdf file contains score and parts.
The sound sample is an electronic preview.