Bassoon,Cello,Oboe,Violin,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1488216
Composed by Music: Alan Edgar and Trad. Lyrics: Alan Edgar, Sue Edgar, Alexander Pushkin. 20th Century,Folk,Thriller. 34 pages. Alan Edgar Ted Moon #1065102. Published by Alan Edgar Ted Moon (A0.1488216).
RUSALKAS and MEN Soprano (mostly wordless, D up to A), Baritone (G# up to G), Oboe or Violin, and Cello or Bassoon.The instrument parts in the score are easily used for rehearsal on keyboard. Here are three songs about men's encounters with rusalkas (water-nymphs) in Slavic myth.
Siren Song: a man describes his narrow escape from death. Lyrics by Sue Edgar. The Mans melodies based on two Slavic folk tunes. The rusalka sings my own melody.
King of the Underwater World: a very lucky man sings of his being favoured, made king and cosseted by a rusalka. He uses the Ukrainian dorian scale, the rusalka aeolian.
Rusalka (P??????) by Alexander Pushkin: The baritone is the storyteller. For him I use D mixolydian alternating with b minor, but the rusalka mostly sings in half-whole octatonic. 26 minutes for all three songs.