We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Choral Lit.

by Matthew S. Levine

supported by
rlewis9
rlewis9 thumbnail
songs9
songs9 thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $2 USD  or more

     

about

The history of choral music from a humorous point of view.

lyrics

CHORAL LIT.

Before there were notes there were neumes
You could say that the world had neume-onia
Sheet music was precious and few
Hard to find any someone would loan ya

So we’d all gather ‘round the one part-song we’d found
And bellow a strain for to hear
It’s amazing how good we could sing, knock on wood,
When imbibing hard liquor and beer

From stories like this we can see
That the voice has a rich history

Now in these tiny chairs we sit
Hearing chant put to the holy writ
Years ago this music was a hit
Says our professor of Choral Lit.

Once again we go back in time
When reading music was largely neume-onic
The Romans looked back to the Greeks
Though their parties were hardly platonic
(Fa la la la la Oh! Fa lala la la Oh!)

Soon England and France added their song and dance
To chip into the choral brigade
Each hoisted their ensign and put their two cents in
Now see what our history’s made!

Its spirit we surely assume
In the words “cano ergo sum”

Now our repertoire grows bit by bit
And our camaraderie is closely knit
We’d unhesitatingly admit
We love to sit three hours in Choral Lit.

If one day the Lord deems us unfit
And turns the earth into a fiery pit
Though life ends, we wouldn’t give a whit
For with God we have no quarrel, He is heaven’s mohel
Scrap your mortal coil, sing and be cantoral
We’ll fit right in for all angels study Choral Lit.
We have eternity to benefit
From what we’re learning here in Choral Lit.

credits

released February 7, 2020
written and sung by Matthew Levine
© 2004 M. Levine

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Matthew S. Levine image

Matthew S. Levine Vilcabamba, Ecuador

contact / help

Contact Matthew S. Levine

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Matthew S. Levine, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now