Category: ETHNIC MUSIC
Composer: NA
Arranger: Rachel Stenson
Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishers
Edition: #SBMP-979
Voicing: SA
Setting: Accompanied
Reviewer:
Jonathan Kopplin
Richfield High School
R&R Chair Ethnic Music
Rachel Stenson teaches vocal music and general music courses at St. Mary’s International School in Tokyo, Japan. Fuyu No Uta is a piece about snow with Japanese and English text that is well-suited for a beginning elementary choir. Written in ABA form, the piece begins with melodic material shared between the two vocal parts. The soprano section introduces a higher descending melodic line at bar 30. The B section is set apart by the slowing of the tempos and a modulation to C minor. The A section returns at measure 70 and pairs the higher melody in the soprano line with the original melodic material sung by the altos.