Nonsense Limerick Rounds SA - Sheet Music

SKU: CF.BL1372

UPC: 798408100100. Key: D minor,f major,eb major. English.

Nonsense Limerick Rounds is a delightful collection of humorous rounds for two-part treble choirs, featuring Edward Lear’s whimsical limericks from A Book of Nonsense (1846). These playful pieces help young singers develop blend, tone, and part-singing skills while leaving room for creativity with optional ostinati or Orff instrumentation. Flexible endings and repeat options allow conductors to tailor performances, making these rounds as engaging to sing as they are to hear. Fun and absurd, they’re sure to bring smiles to both performers and audiences!.
Edward Lear was a 19th-century English author, poet, musician, and artist, renowned for his nonsense poetry and limericks. The limericks featured in these rounds come from A Book of Nonsense, published in 1846. Lear’s use of humor and absurdity in his limericks made him quite popular among the people of Great Britain.Rounds are incredibly beneficial for young singers. I encourage you to focus on blend and tone when learning them in unison. Once a strong foundation of singing is established in unison, you can layer in additional parts. Another advantage of these rounds is that you can incorporate vocal or instrumental ostinati if you wish.Each round can conclude with either the individual parts finishing the limerick or a fermata at any cadence point. Feel free to repeat the rounds as few or as many times as you like; these decisions are left to the conductor's creativity. You may also explore adding a few Orff instruments as an ostinato.The lyrics are delightfully nonsensical, so have fun with these pieces and enjoy the smiles they will bring to your audience.