Sonatina

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Song TitleSonatina (Search)
Composer(s):Celius Dougherty
Author(s):Rose Fyleman
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman; Jewish (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Animals; Attics; Baths; Beetles; Books; Children; Children's Song; Disliking; Food; Funny; Gloves; Good; Humor; Insects; Milk; Nanna; Naughty; Noises; Playing; Porridge; Preference; Silk; Sonatinas; Spiders; Tigers; Water
First LineI don't like beetles (Search)
Year of composition 1948 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_year%27s_at_the_spring/Fyleman,_Rose#107
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Celius-Dougherty-30-Art-Songs-in-Original-Keys-for-Medium-High-Voic-313695.html
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium Voice
Range: E4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyA Major (Search)
NotesPiano part is a parody of a classical sonatina (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceG Schirmer, “Celius Dougherty - 30 Art Songs in Original Keys” (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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