Wassail!
Published on 3. June 2021
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Sheet music
16 pages
978-0-19-355177-0 (ISBN)
Description
for SATB and piano
This upbeat Christmas song sets the traditional and well-known wassailing text to thrilling effect. To be performed 'with inebriated joy', Young's original setting is fast, spritely, and increasingly raucous, with a pleasing array of textures and an exhilarating key change to herald the start of the final climax.
This upbeat Christmas song sets the traditional and well-known wassailing text to thrilling effect. To be performed 'with inebriated joy', Young's original setting is fast, spritely, and increasingly raucous, with a pleasing array of textures and an exhilarating key change to herald the start of the final climax.
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Edition
Vocal score
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight
16 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-355177-0 (9780193551770)
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Toby Young's compositions explore the boundaries between pop and classical music. Since winning the Guardian/BBC Proms Young Composers' Competition (2006 and 2008) and the ABRSM International Young Composers' Competition (2009), Toby's music has been performed by renowned ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music, London Mozart Players, and the choirs of King's College, Cambridge and Westminster Abbey. He has also written and co-written for numerous pop artists including the Rolling Stones, Chase & Status, and Duran Duran. Toby is the Gianturco Junior Research Fellow in Music and Philosophy at Linacre College, Oxford.