Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 1 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1230028
By Sylvia Miles. By Traditional Japanese. Arranged by Sylvia Miles. Folk,Multicultural,World. Octavo. 4 pages. Sylvia Miles #825791. Published by Sylvia Miles (A0.1230028).
This lovely Japanese folk song depicts spring, the season of cherry blossom; it's eagerly anticipated and everyone goes out to the parks and the countryside to breathe their fill of the magical fragrance.
Originally 'Sakura' was an urban song of the Edo period of the 17th and 18th centuries. Like many eastern melodies it uses a pentatonic scale.
It's often sung in international settings, as a song representative of Japan.
I wrote this arrangement at a time when my choir only had a few (not very confident) Tenors and Basses, so wherever possible I put them together.
Although it's presented as SATB, it's easy to see that the Ts and Bs support each other!
The aim is to combine a feeling of timelessness (the sustained lines of the Ts and Bs) with a blossomy feeling of floaty weightlessness (Ss and As). Hope you enjoy singing it!
