Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924)
The Blue Bird
5 double basses
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Details
- For
- 5 double basses
- Product Type
- Score, Parts
- Author / Composer
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Arranger
- David Heyes
- Product number
- 1895055
- Difficulty Level
- 2-3
Description
Charles Villiers Stanford - The Blue Bird Op.119, No.3 for double bass quintet
Arranged by David Heyes
The Blue Bird, setting words by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, was composed in 1910 and depicts a bluebird in flight over a lake. Originally for five-part unaccompanied choir (SAATB), the soprano is intended to portray the bluebird and the wide vocal range of the soprano line has been described as illustrating “the bird’s free flight across the lake”.
The chora...