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Original

Seiber, M The Handsome Butcher Unison. Sheet Music. Piano, Unison Voice. PF. UNIS. Traditional.

Translation

Seiber, M The Handsome Butcher Unison. Sheet Music. Piano, Unison Voice. PF. STATES. Traditional.

Original

Seiber arranged The Handsome Butcher from a folksong that was collected by Bartok. The body of the song concerns the striking attributes of the butcher in fanfare-like tonic-dominant structures, but there is a staccato presto sting the tail. The Hungarian composer and teacher Matyas Seiber, who spent most of his life in Britain, had a remarkably broad musical understanding. In his oeuvre can be discerned influences of Schoenberg, Bartok, jazz and, clearly in The Handsome Butcher, folksong both British and Continental.

Translation

Seiber arranged The Handsome Butcher from a folksong that was collected by Bartok. The body of the song concerns the striking attributes of the butcher in fanfare-like tonic-dominant structures, but there is a staccato presto sting the tail. The Hungarian composer and teacher Matyas Seiber, who spent most of his life in Britain, had a remarkably broad musical understanding. In his oeuvre can be discerned influences of Schoenberg, Bartok, jazz and, clearly in The Handsome Butcher, folksong both British and Continental.