I am a little confused about C27 A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square - it says 'verse & 2 choruses' what do they mean by this because I'm finding it hard to see what they call the verse and what they call the chorus! I'm sure they don't want the whole thing because the version I've got is very long.
David
Full Version: 2009 Syllabus C27
I have two versions, David. One doesn't have the verse in it at all - I wonder if you have that one?
The verse starts "When two lover meet in Mayfair" and is labelled "Verse". The first chorus starts "That certain night" and the second starts "How strange it was". The words are printed one on top of the other, using repeat marks, and are labelled "Chorus". Hope this helps. You are right - it IS very long, so would have to be teamed up with shorter songs.
The verse starts "When two lover meet in Mayfair" and is labelled "Verse". The first chorus starts "That certain night" and the second starts "How strange it was". The words are printed one on top of the other, using repeat marks, and are labelled "Chorus". Hope this helps. You are right - it IS very long, so would have to be teamed up with shorter songs.
Yes, my verse starts 'When two lovers meet in Mayfair', then you get what mine calls the refrain which begins 'That certain night', then a sort of bridge 'The moon that lingered' then a repeat of the chorus tune with the words 'The streets of Town'. I'm guessing that they just want it sung straight through without the repeat back to the second chorus which begins 'How strange it was' - that way, they'd get the verse, the chorus, and then the bridge and then a repeat of the chorus?
I could e-mail the Board, but I wonder whether they'd know what they want?
I could e-mail the Board, but I wonder whether they'd know what they want?
QUOTE(dcmbarton @ Nov 6 2008, 06:18 PM) 
Yes, my verse starts 'When two lovers meet in Mayfair', then you get what mine calls the refrain which begins 'That certain night', then a sort of bridge 'The moon that lingered' then a repeat of the chorus tune with the words 'The streets of Town'. I'm guessing that they just want it sung straight through without the repeat back to the second chorus which begins 'How strange it was' - that way, they'd get the verse, the chorus, and then the bridge and then a repeat of the chorus?
I could e-mail the Board, but I wonder whether they'd know what they want?
I've had quite a few students do this song and we just do once through as you describe without going back to How strange it was. So 'When two lovers' then 'That certain night' followed by 'the moon that lingered' and 'streets of town'. One of my favourites.
That sounds OK then. I think it's so funny that the Board fill up the List C with Disney songs and songs from musicals, yet you offer all these to students (in this case a 15 year old typical teenage girl) and all they want to is A Nightingale sang
QUOTE(dcmbarton @ Nov 6 2008, 07:51 PM)
That sounds OK then. I think it's so funny that the Board fill up the List C with Disney songs and songs from musicals, yet you offer all these to students (in this case a 15 year old typical teenage girl) and all they want to is A Nightingale sang
Alot of my students choose it because they here it sung by an older one in a concert and it sticks in their memory.
When we've sung this in an exam, we've sung the whole lot, incluing the chorus which starts "How strange it was". I know it's long, but that's how I read the syllabus.
Thanks Ann. I'll check with the Board - see what they say!
And the Board's response is...
That's going to make for a very long song and a lot of words to learn, so we'll have to be careful of the other two.
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In the song 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' by Manning Sherwin, the candidate should sing the verse as written, and then the music of the chorus is repeated, with two sets of words. The first chorus should begin 'That certain night, the night we met,...', and the second chorus should begin 'How strange it was, how sweet and strange,...'. In both editions we have listed in the syllabus, it is simply a case of observing the repeat. The note in the syllabus is included for other editions that may be used that do not present the song in this particular format.
That's going to make for a very long song and a lot of words to learn, so we'll have to be careful of the other two.
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