The Three Ravens (2016)

Phillip Cooke

The Three Ravens (2016)

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Abstract

The Three Ravens is a an arrangement of the melancholy English folksong first published in the book Melismata, compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft in 1611. The folksong has always appealed to me with its enigmatic, and possibly allegorical, description of the ravens witnessing a lover burying her fallen knight. I first heard the song in a free ‘recomposition’ by John Harle for the Simon Schama History of Britain in 2000 and it has stuck with me since. My arrangement slowly builds the musical texture, moving the melody between the different voices until a restrained, reflective homophonic ending.

Original language	English
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2017

Bibliographical note

An arrangement of the Traditional English Folksong

4′

Vocal Ensemble, SSA (an SSA choral version exists as well)

fp . 23 March 2017; Juice Vocal Ensemble, King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen, UK

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