FRANK CORCORAN
– ‘No. 2 – Winter’ from ” Nine Medieval Irish Epigrams” (1973)
Instrumentation: satb [div.]
Range: Soprano C4 – E flat 5
Alto C4 – E flat 4
Tenor B flat 3 – E flat 3
Bass B2 – D3
Language: English
Text: Anon. (Middle Irish) trans. Frank Corcoran
Metre: Varied (mostly alternating 3/4 & 3/8)
Tempo: Andante
Duration: 1’
Publisher: Score supplied by CMC
This is a great place to start with Corcoran’s work. Although the metre at first may seem
difficult, patterns are repeated as are melodic intervals. !!!!