An arrangement, by Doug McPherson, of the song “Bella Ciao“, an Italian partisan song which originated during the Italian civil war, in which the Italian Resistance and the Italian Co-Belligerent Army fought together and defeated the forces of the Fascist Italian Social Republic. It is used worldwide as a hymn of freedom and resistance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_ciao Scroll Down for… Continue reading Bella Ciao
Tag: Protest Song
Windy Gully
-A song by Wendy Richardson, remembering the Mount Kembla Mining disaster of July 1902. Arranged by Doug McPherson, from a previous arrangement by Florence Rankin. “She’s gone up!!” The shout could be heard across the mountain as the peaceful hamlets of Mt. Kembla were shattered by a loud explosion. http://www.mtkembla.org.au/#!the-disaster/p99e1 “Mount Kembla from Mount Nebo” by… Continue reading Windy Gully
“Let’s Pretend” -A Song by Peter Hicks & Geoff Francis
“Ladies and Gentlemen, take your partners for the climate denier’s waltz…” Scroll down for practice tracks and sheet music. Click here for sheet music. Practice Tracks A suggested practice strategy is to practice your part on it’s own, and then against an “all parts” track. Right click on the titles to download the tracks. Upper… Continue reading “Let’s Pretend” -A Song by Peter Hicks & Geoff Francis
Blackleg Miner: Arranged In Two Parts
Blackleg Miner is a 19th-century English folk song, originally from Northumberland (as can be deduced from the dialect in the song and the references in it to the villages of Seghill and Seaton Delaval). Louis Killen writes, “At the height of the miners’ union struggles of the 1880’s and ’90’s, labourers were brought in from… Continue reading Blackleg Miner: Arranged In Two Parts
We Are Building A Strong Union
“A strike can be tragic and glorious, bitter and beautiful…” -Scroll down for the background of this song. An arrangement of a miners’ protest song, which borders on a lament. Click here for the sheet music. Practice Tracks All Parts Soprano Alto Tenor Bass *From “Songs of Work and Protest”, Fowke and Glazer
The Hammer Song Arranged for 4 Voices
(If I had a hammer) Scroll down for the sheet music and practice tracks. An arrangement for the Union Singers, of the song originally by Pete Seeger and Lee Hayes. -From an arrangement by Tom Bridges, for 4 voices, all 4 verses. In many ways the definitive arrangements must be the Weavers renditions, both songwriters… Continue reading The Hammer Song Arranged for 4 Voices
The Hammer Song (2 Parts)
(If I had a hammer) For the (slightly) more difficult 4 part arrangement click here! An arrangement for the Union Singers, of the song originally by Pete Seeger and Lee Hayes. -From an arrangement by Tom Bridges. Here is the music for the first 3 verses. The 4th verse could follow the same pattern. Scroll… Continue reading The Hammer Song (2 Parts)
Soyilwela
A traditional South African protest song. Scroll down for practise tracks. I’ve transposed this song into the key of A, a little higher than the “original”, in G, further down the page. Sheet music in A Midi File in A Practice Tracks in Key of A Listen live, or right-click on the track title to… Continue reading Soyilwela