Britten - Friday Afternoons - high voice(s) + piano

Description

Between the months of May 1933 and August 1934 Benjamin Britten composed 12 songs with piano for children, published as Friday Afternoons op.7. They were written for his brother Robert's preparatory school at Prestatyn, where the singing classes took place on Fridays. "Lone Dog", originally excluded for copyright reasons, is published for the first time in this 1995 edition. Set for ABRSM Examination 2018 onwards Singing Grade 4 (List B: New Year Carol, A) & Trinity Examination 2023 onwards Singing Grade 5 (Group B: Begone, Dull Care!) & Trinity Music Certificate: Singing Foundation (New Year Carol).

Begone, Dull Care! - C (f'-f")

Cuckoo! (duet) - Ab (f'-f")

Ee-oh! - D (c#'-f#"/a")

Fishing Song - C (c'-e")

I mun be married on Sunday - F (d'-f")

Jazz-man - Ab (eb'-f")

Lone Dog - D (d'-e"/f#")

New Year Carol, A - Eb (eb'-eb")

Old Abram Brown (4-part) - E minor (e'-e")

There was a Man of Newington - E (c#'-e")

There was a Monkey - G (d'-e")

Tragic Story, A - D minor (d'-f")

Useful Plough, The - D (d'-f#")