Jazz-Man

Children love to play with this fully crammed in, miniature song. In Carnegie Medal winning poet, Eleanor Farjeon, Britten had an expert lyricist to have fun with. A one-man-jazz-band walks the streets tooting, hooting, crashing and clanging. If it’s ‘howling pandemonium’ that you’re after, look no further!

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This song is available for purchase from Boosey & Hawkes as part of a collection of 13 songs for unison treble voices and piano, written between 1933 and 1934.

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Resources

  1. Breathing and Airflow

  2. Intervals

  3. Performance Skills

  4. Dynamics

  5. Diction: Vowels

  6. Tempo, Pulse, Counting

  7. High Range

  8. Bubble Bursting Bangers playlist

  9. black and white image of young man with short hair playing the piano and looking intensely at the camera

    Britten's Early Works

  10. Britten's Impact

  11. Britten's Childhood

  12. Britten's Music for Children

  13. Composing and Exploring - Jazz-Man

Credits

Music by:
Benjamin Britten
Text by:
Eleanor Farjeon

Performance track

Singers:
New London Children’s Choir
Conductor:
Ronald Corp
Accompanist:
Alexander Wells
Licensed by:
kind permission of Naxos

Song Details

Genre:
Classical, Jazz
Tempo:
Quick, with fire
Time Signature:
2/2 and 3/2
Key Signature:
Ab Major
Tonality:
Major
Range:
D4 - F5
Piano Supporting Melody:
Occasionally