BRING ME LITTLE WATER, SYLVIE
Composer: Attr. to Huddie Ledbetter
Arranger: Robert Jones
Author/Lyricist: Attr. to Huddie Ledbetter
Voicing: SSA
Released: January 2018
Difficulty: Easy
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Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. Pavane Publishing is proud to launch her new series with this classic tune attributed to Huddie Ledbetter. A simple three-part treble choir accompanied by a stand-up bass gives an authentic American home-spun quality to the work. Truly fun to sing, this arrangement sounds just the way the song should always be sung. Easy.
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie
Composer: Attr. to Huddie Ledbetter
Arranger: Robert Jones
Author/Lyricist: Attr. to Huddie Ledbetter
Voicing: SAB
Released: January 2019
Difficulty: Easy
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First released in SSA, the enthusiastic response demanded this SAB setting. Delightfully arranged and with excellent historical notes, it is both fun and educational. A wonderful festival piece and concert opener.
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie
Composer: Attr. Huddie Ledbetter
Arranger: Robert Jones
Author/Lyricist: Attr. Huddie Ledbetter
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2021
Difficulty: Easy
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First released in SSA, then SAB, the enthusiastic response demanded this SATB setting. This classic tune, attributed to Huddie Ledbetter, is delightfully arranged and is both fun and educational. It is a wonderful festival piece and concert opener. Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. Her series selections always include useful notes and this piece is no exception. A simple choir accompanied by a stand-up bass gives an authentic American homespun quality to the work. Truly fun to sing, this arrangement sounds just the way the song should always be sung. Easy.
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie
Composer: Huddie Ledbetter
Arranger: Robert Jones
Author/Lyricist: Huddie Ledbetter
Voicing: TTB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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This down-to-earth setting has already blanketed every other voicing – now comes the TTB version. Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career around providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. A simple three-part choir accompanied by a stand-up bass gives an authentic American homespun quality to the work. Truly fun to sing, this arrangement sounds just right -- just the way this song should always be sung.
Jamjari Kkongkkong
Composer: Korean Folk Song
Arranger: Minhee Kim
Author/Lyricist: Korean Folk Song
Voicing: SSA
Released: January 2022
Difficulty: Medium
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''Jamjari Kkongkkong'' is a Korean traditional children’s song based on nature. Jamjari means “dragonfly” and kkongkkong is an expression that represents “to freeze/stop in place.” Children in South Korea used to sing this song while chasing dragonflies, in hopes that a dragonfly would freeze in place to make it easier to catch. This arrangement begins with the original folk song (mm. 3-6), then continues with a modified version of the melody.
Saeya Saeya
Composer: Korean Folk Song
Arranger: Minhee Kim
Author/Lyricist: Korean Folk Song
Voicing: 2-PART
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. This selection, a famous Korean folk song, portrays the close connection between a farmer and the animals with which he shares his habitation. Tenderly, the singers call upon the birds not to disturb the crops. This arrangement is well suited for treble choirs of any age.
Tek Kapidan
Composer: Turkish Folk Song
Arranger: Ertugrul Bayraktar
Author/Lyricist: Turkish Folk Song
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2022
Difficulty: Medium Advanced
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Tek Kapidan is a Turkish folk song in which the choir shares a young girl's musings about her boyfriend, who was killed in an accident. She reminisces about their past times together and wishes for the old days when they were together. She says how much more important being with him was than the material things in life. Sopranos and Altos alternate solo sections with the Tenors and Basses in this arrangement.