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The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò

for SATB choir

Year:  1986   ·  Duration:  8m

Year:  1986
Duration:  8m

Composer:   Jenny McLeod

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Sample Score

Sample: pages 1–4 of handwritten score

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Sample Score

Sample: first page of score (Waiteata Music Press typeset edition)

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About

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò is a setting of the poem of the same name by Edward Lear. It was commissioned by the New Zealand Music Federation (now Chamber Music New Zealand) for the Cambridge University Chamber Choir, for their tour of New Zealand in 1986.


Commissioned note

Commissioned by the New Zealand Music Federation (now Chamber Music New Zealand) for the Cambridge University Chamber Choir's NZ tour in 1986


Text note

Text by Edward Lear


Performance history

22 Mar 1996: Performed by Bel Canto Vocal Ensemble conducted by Peter Walls at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington as part of the 1996 NZ International Festival of the Arts.

Performed at SOUNZ Choral July 1994 by Viva Voce conducted by John Rosser

Performed by Viva Voce in 2003

Performed by the Cambridge University Chamber Choir for their NZ Tour in 1986

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