Old American Folk Songs – By Aaron Copland
This month we have been recording four short accompanied folk songs of our own choice for examination. Folk music is generally music that has been passed down through generations. When taking ABRSM...
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This past ‘reading week’ at the Conservatoire I have been putting the final touches to my essay on Wagner and just wanted to relax and chill out for a couple of days so I took the opportunity to go...
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When I found out that I needed to select and perform four folk songs this year as part of my course I knew that I wanted to tackle something new and different. I decided as you know to perform songs...
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This is the last of the four songs that I chose to sing from Aaron Copland’s “Old American Folk Songs”. The lyrics are sorrowful and speak of lost love, the love of someone very important to the...
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