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Original

Song of the Fisherman. Benjamin Britten. Choir sheet music. Piano Accompaniment sheet music.

Translation

Song of the Fisherman. Benjamin Britten. Choir sheet music. Piano Accompaniment sheet music.

Original

Song of the Fisherman. Working Chorus from Peter Grimes, Op. 33. 1945. SATB and Piano. Composed by Benjamin Britten. 1913-1976. For Choral, Chorus, Piano. SATB. BH Secular Choral. 12 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060015304. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. HL.48009004. Three of the four stanzas from Act I scene 1 and the fourth from Act III.. This arrangement published 1947. 48, arranger unknown. Publisher. Boosey & Hawkes. Difficulty level. This is an inspired choice for an extract from one of Britten's greatest masterpieces. The piano part sets the peaceful scene at the end of another hard-labouring, rough-hewn day of fishing involving the whole community - men and women. The beautifully simple choral phrases exude both peace and exhaustion. The different verses tell their story passionately building to a powerful climax under which the rising and falling figuration in the piano part mimics the rolling waves of the sea. It ends as it began, quietly using that familiar Britten fingerprint of the rising and falling arpeggio of superimposed thirds. Duration. 4 minutes. Paul Spicer, Lichfield, 2011.

Translation

Song of the Fisherman. Working Chorus from Peter Grimes, Op. 33. 1945. SATB and Piano. Composed by Benjamin Britten. 1913-1976. For Choral, Chorus, Piano. SATB. BH Secular Choral. 12 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060015304. Published by Boosey . HL.48009004. Three of the four stanzas from Act I scene 1 and the fourth from Act III.. This arrangement published 1947. 48, arranger unknown. Publisher. Boosey . Difficulty level. This is an inspired choice for an extract from one of Britten's greatest masterpieces. The piano part sets the peaceful scene at the end of another hard-labouring, rough-hewn day of fishing involving the whole community - men and women. The beautifully simple choral phrases exude both peace and exhaustion. The different verses tell their story passionately building to a powerful climax under which the rising and falling figuration in the piano part mimics the rolling waves of the sea. It ends as it began, quietly using that familiar Britten fingerprint of the rising and falling arpeggio of superimposed thirds. Duration. 4 minutes. Paul Spicer, Lichfield, 2011.