singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
Variations on While shepherds watched their flocks by night for string quartet
SM-000341707
- Composer
- folklore
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Arranger
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David W Solomons
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Classical / Instrumental
- Instrumentation
- Violin, Viola, Cello
- 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 each instrument has a go at the tune.
One of the variations goes into a minor mode.
The pdf file contains score and parts.
The sound sample is an electronic preview.