Four Traditional Songs
Countertenor Voice
by Nico Muhly
Voice Solo - Sheet Music

Item Number: 21226444
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Instruments
Piano Accompaniment
Voice Solo
Genres
Folk
Composers
Nico Muhly
Publishers
St. Rose Music
Formats
Vocal Score
Usages
School and Community
Countertenor and Piano

SKU: BT.MUSSRO100097

Countertenor Voice. Composed by Nico Muhly. Folk Music. Vocal Score. 22 pages. St. Rose Music #MUSSRO100097. Published by St. Rose Music (BT.MUSSRO100097).

Four Traditional Songs is a setting of four heartbreaking and poignant folk songs by virtuoso contemporary composer Nico Muhly . Composed in 2011, the songs deal with themes of death, murder and unimaginable events that are emotively arranged for Countertenor Voice and Piano. Commissioned by Carnegie Hall in New York City and Wigmore Hall in London, this work was first performed at those renowned venues in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Muhly states that he drew inspiration from old English folksongs, and would spend time imagining stylised yet subtle musical settings with accompaniments. The result of this intensive period of listening is  Four Traditional Songs , whichlasts around 15 minutes and carries that incredible sense of sad balladry that counters the occasionally jaunty melodies. This edition is for Countertenor Voice. Please click  here to purchase the Baritone version. Four Traditional Songs is a setting of four heartbreaking and poignant folk songs by virtuoso contemporary composer Nico Muhly. Composed in 2011, the songs deal with themes of death, murder and unimaginable events that are emotively arranged for Countertenor Voice and Piano.


Commissioned by Carnegie Hall in New York City and Wigmore Hall in London, this work was first performed at those renowned venues in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Muhly states that he drew inspiration from old English folksongs, and would spend time imagining stylised yet subtle musical settings with accompaniments. The result of this intensiveperiod of listening is Four Traditional Songs, which lasts around 15 minutes and carries that incredible sense of sad balladry that counters the occasionally jaunty melodies.

This edition is for Countertenor Voice. Please click here to purchase the Baritone version.