Laura Sheils
Adam lay ybounden
for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied or with optional percussion
Laura Sheils
Adam lay ybounden
for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied or with optional percussion
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Optional Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Percussion
- Composer Laura Sheils
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Order no. 9780193578364
Description:
A lively setting of the well-known macaronic Christmas text, this piece uses frequently changing time signatures, syncopation, and independent movement in each part, resulting in a lightness of texture and captivating interplay between the voices. Sheils uses modal writing and a celebratory tambourine to lend a Medieval flavour to the setting, but the overall style is undoubtedly contemporary.