Broom-Pedlar’s Song (1987)
SATB unaccompanied
This lively song paints a picture of a market-place in which a salesman sells his new brooms and asks for other goods in part exchange! The street-crier’s refrain underpins the whole song and is treated in canon moving to a rousing climax. This setting of the poem by the sixteenth-century poet Robert Wilson was commissioned by and first performed at the Norwich Sing for Pleasure Festival in St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, on 4th July 1987
`shows Bullard’s understanding of amateur choirs… The street-cry refrain is used most effectively as a countersubject and as a two-part and exciting four-part canon…worthwhile and enjoyable’ Jane Ashley, Mastersinger magazine
Printed copies are available to order from Colne Edition in the UK only (minimum 5 copies, £2.25 per copy plus postage, delivery approximately two weeks)
Digital downloads (prices vary so do check both sites, but cheaper and quicker) are available from Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct – minimum order 10 copies
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