Set songs

Title Preab san

ól
Muss I Denn Caro mio Streets of
London
This Salve Regina By the
waters of
Ben little Babylon
light of
mine
Composer Ireland Germany Guiseppe Ralph McTell America Europe Unknown
Giordani
Category Irish folk
song
German folk
song
Art song (WACK) Modern
ballad
Popular
(white)
Church song Round /
(drinking) spiritual canon
Form AABA
ternary
AABA
ternary form
ABA ternary
form
AB binary
form
ABA ternary
form
Free form ABC
form D.C al binary
fine form
features Repetition Sequences Sequences Triadic Flattened 3rd Monophonic Sequences
of phrases (eg bar 1) melody note

Repeated syncopation
Dotted rhythm
syncopation syncopation
Free Minor
notes (eg
ornamentation
rhythm key
is íomai)
polyphonic
Lively
quavered
rhythm

Preab This is a drinking song. The song advises everyone to drink up because
san ól life is short and we will be dead long enough!
Muss I This is a German love song. It was made famous by the singer Elvis
Denn Presley in 1961. He, recognising a good song when he heard one, had it
adapted and it became known as ‘wooden heart’. It was a big hit for him.
Caro mio This song is believed to have been composed by the Italian Guiseppe
Ben Giordani. He was one of a family who settled in England and Ireland and
became very active in organising Italian opera in London and Dublin in the
eighteenth century.
Streets Homelessness and loneliness are a sad fact of life for many people in big
of cities all over the world. This song was composed by the english
London songwriter Ralph McTell, after he had lived for some time in London.
This little This is a gospel song and an example of a white spiritual. The words are
light of from the gospel of st. Matthew, Ch 5, verses 14-16: ‘let your light so shine
mine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your
father who is in heaven.’
Salve This is the prayer ‘hail holy queen’, set in plainchant. Plainchant is the
Regina oldest form of church music. It is also called plain song or Gregorian
chant. The music, however, was not written down until 900AD. The single
line of melody is described as monophonic.
Oh, I got This song comes from the opera Porgy and Bess, by the American
plenty o’ composer George Gershwin.
nuttin’
By the 3-part round based on psalm 137
waters of
Babylon