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The Coventry Carol (Taken from the Two Princes in the Tower) : for mixed choir / William Knight
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor
Bezetting:
GK4
Il trovatore : canto per coro da camera a cappella, 1984 / parole di Giovanni Berchet, Nico Schuyt
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor
Bezetting:
4sopr 4alt 4ten 4bas
Cinq hymnes : for mixed choir, 2 pianos and percussion, 1987/88 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en instrumenten; Gemengd koor
Bezetting:
GK4 2pf ; GK4 ; GK4 2pf 2perc ; GK6 ; GK4 2pf 2perc
Power of Sleep : for choir a cappella / Peter van Onna
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor
Bezetting:
6sopr 6alt 6ten 6bas
compositie
The Coventry Carol (Taken from the Two Princes in the Tower) : for mixed choir / William Knight
Overige auteurs:
Knight, William
(Componist)
Toelichting:
The music to the Coventry Carol is taken from the larger work The Two Princes in the Tower. In this work the choir was accompanied by large ensemble and the words in the last verse used William Shakespeare's words from his play Richard III, which is the basis of the story in the music. This chorale at the end of The Two Princes in
the Tower has been reproduced as an unaccompanied choir piece and the words slightly changed so that the piece stands by itself.
The text 'Lully lu lily lily lily' is a play on words. This idea comes from an Old Wives Tail where a Lily and a Rose is offered to a woman who is expecting a child. The one she chooses will determine the sex (Male for Lily, Female for Rose). The Lily is a prominent symbol for masculinity and also for Christ (as is the Rose - with its 5
petals representing the 5 wounds of Christ). This is why the Lily suffers for us and for our sins.