The friendly beasts

( Jesus, our brother, kind and good ; "O," said the donkey shaggy and brown ; "O," said the cow, all white and red ; "O," said the sheep with curly horn ; Thus ev'ry beast by some good spell )

Arr.: Wasner, Franz (1905-1992) [ Austria ]

Edition
Published by G. Schirmer [USA] , 1958
Ref. : 10610  (10 p.) , "From the repertoire of the Trapp Family Singers"
Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 20th century
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Christmas carol
Mood of the piece: simple ; melodious
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Soloist(s): Soprano (1) / Alto (1) / Bass (1)  (3 soloist(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: F major
Duration: 2.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Christmas
Number of verses: 5
Origin: England
Musicological Sources: Medieval English Christmas carol
Source of text: Medieval English Christmas carol
 

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