The boatmen's dance
(High row the boatmen row ; The boatmen dance, the boatmen sing ; I went on board the other day ; The boatman is a thrifty man ; Then dance, the boatmen dance!)
Arr.:
Copland, Aaron
(1900-1990)
[USA]
Fine, Irving Gifford
(1914-1962)
[USA]
Edition
Published by
Boosey and Hawkes
[Great Britain], 1952
Ref. :
1904
(8 p.)
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
20th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Folk music ; American minstrelsy
Type of Choir:
SATB
(4 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Baritone (1) (1 soloist(s)
)
Instrumentation:
Keyboard
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
E flat major
Number of verses:
3
Origin:
USA
Musicological Sources:
American minstrel song (1843) adapted by Aaron Copland, transcribed for chorus by Irving Fine
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