Bach, P.D.Q. - Long Live The King [CF:312-41856]

Long Live The King.
For Mixed Chorus. Instrumentation: SAB CHOIR, Tenors may be divided between the alto and bass parts. Using solo voices, the piece may be performed STB..

P.D.Q. Bach. Ed. Professor Peter Schickele.
Theodore Presser Company announces the release of its first P.D.Q. Bach octavo in about ten years, a hilarious and satirical ode to the King of France, who was beheaded during the French Revolution, complete with sound effects. The historical tie-in makes Long Live the King appropriate for high school choir in particular. The program notes have a fictitious story about how the composer found an old manuscript written by his departed uncle, with a note - “I have just composed a major choral work in honor of the recent revolution in France, called Long Live the King; the title, I hasten to assure you, is meant to be ironic – my sympathies are always with the people, especially the people who run taverns. The invention of the guillotine gives, I think you will agree, new meaning to the term “head of state.” For intermediate choirs. Duration: 2'
SAB choir, Moderato, Louis XVI, decapitation, guillotine. Key of E-Flat Major.
Format: Score - Performance.
8 pages.
Publisher's Genre: Choral Music.
Publisher: Theodore Presser Co.
CF:312-41856.
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