Freddie Mercury
May 26, 2022I meant to add something about Freddie Mercury because he was such an extraordinary talent. He was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar on 5 September 1946 to Parsi-Indian parents. They fled the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964 and come to England, where he formed Queen in 1970 His voice range was an astonishing 4 octaves, like David Bowie (and maybe Calum??), hence the number of red ‘out of normal range’ notes in our Musescore parts. The Live Aid concert in Wembley Stadium in July 1985 was said to be one of the greatest ever staged. There was unanimous agreement that Queen’s…
Bohemian Rhapsody
Final fling for this term (hope!) and a challenging one. But the hard graft done by Jeannie again, with twiddly bits added by me, including a ghost pianist to fill in the gaps. Here are the parts.…
Dancing Queen
And another by Jeannie, quite the expert and very quick! Dancing Queen parts here. Bit crowded to add the different words for the repeat.
Come Holy Ghost
Parts for Come, Holy Ghost Thomas Attwood was born in 1765 and had five sons and one daughter. The eldest son was a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers but was murdered in Seville in 1821. His second…
O Taste and See
Here’s Jeannie’s second addition, faithfully copied from the 5d original. Parts for O Taste and See
Greensleeves
Well done Jeannie on interpreting this, with all those intricate repeats etc. Greensleeves parts here. The folklore is that Henry VIII had a hand in writing this, intending it for Anne Boleyn before her headstrong nature ended…
A life lived with grace
Here are the parts for A life lived with grace Hope the repeats are as they should be, all still bit perplexing for me. Jeannie’s been hard at work with two more, soon to appear here with…
Scarborough Fair
Big thanks to Jeannie for creating these parts, great tenacity and accuracy! Parts are here. On a lyrics note I’d much prefer us to say ‘She once was .. ‘ as Simon & Garfunkel, rather that ‘She…
All will be well
Latest addition to the collection, parts here. For some reason the recent Musescore upgrade has stopped showing the menu across the top. Instead you have to click the stack of three small bars top left to show…
Joy to the World
Joy on two accounts! First the parts for Jeremiah then big thanks to Jeannie for offering to do some of the transcribing. If anyone’s interested, Musescore has a Rhythm facility to allow entry of all note durations…
Calm and Deep Peace
Here are the practice parts, no wisecracks this time. Will be adding the others from the Flexible Choral Songs book when time permits. Calm and Deep Peace