The Unicorn 1967
For Children's
Chorus
Music: David W.
Maves Text:
Kay
Kinard Maves Text:
Premiere: March 1967, Raleigh NC, in the Raleigh public school
system series, conducted by the composer. This work was first
published by The (now defunct) American Book Company: in their New
Dimensions in Music series © 1970. This work is now available
here
as an
Adobe PDF file.
[N.B. There is a new company now which is named the American Book Company (in the Educational Instructional materials, Software etc. area) They would appreciate not being contacted about this earlier, now out of print series of textbooks for children K-12.]
This work was written primarily to be used as classroom teaching piece for grade school music classes and/or for children's choral performances although it has been performed in public by choirs at various levels including being programmed as novelty works by college choirs. It will probably be necessary for the melody to be doubled by an instrument to help with the rather difficult intervals.
The Unicorn Most unique Is the Unicorn; A horse of sorts, he has one horn--
Right in the middle of his forehead!
Poor Unicorn, Alas! One horn he has; Alas! It has no use, no use whatever. It will not do to scratch, to dig, to swat a fly; It sits there to disguise, I guess, his left eye from his other.
Eye? Yes!
If you were he, you'd find that horn quite irritating. To know one eye, was hid from the other would be infuriating!
Eye? Of course!
Most unique Is the Unicorn; A horse of sorts, he has one horn--
Right in the middle of his forehead! |
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